Mockingbird Summer Namwali Serpell "--Zibby Owens

"--Zibby Owens

As Willie prepares to leave and face his demons

But when her library is threatened with closure

an emotionally explosive

Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive

Mockingbird Summer Namwali Serpell "--Zibby OwensIn segregated High Cotton, Texas, in 1964, the racial divide is as clear as the railroad tracks running through town. It's also where two girls are going to shake things up. This is the last summer of thirteen year old Corky Corcoran's childhood, and her family hires a Haitian housekeeper who brings her daughter, America, along with her. Corky is quick to befriend America and eager to share her favorite new "grown up" novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.