Journal Entry 1 by melydia from Centreville, Virginia USA on Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Picked this one up at last night's meetup at St. Elmo's Coffee Pub in Alexandria, VA. The guy who brought it said I could register it. The back of the book is what sold it for me:

"In 1955, a black boy named Emmett Till was murdered for whistling at a white woman. The two white men responsible were tried - and acquitted - in a Mississippi town near Lewis Nordon's boyhood home. These events changed Nordan forever.
In this extraordinary novel, he transforms one of America's most notorious racial killings into a magical mystery ride of hilarity and horror that you will never forget."

Emmett Till? Hilarity? I just have to know. 

Journal Entry 2 by melydia from Centreville, Virginia USA on Saturday, January 05, 2008

Good: the description and characterization were excellent. Everyone had their own believable backstory.
Bad: the plot didn't really go anywhere. It was more of a slice-of-life picture than a story.

Certainly worth reading, but I'm not sure I'll actively search out other books by Nordan. I'll be curious to see what the next person thinks of it. 

Journal Entry 3 by KateKintail from Burke, Virginia USA on Sunday, January 13, 2008

Picked this up at the BookCrossing meeting today so that melydia and I would wind up with different books to set free.

I may hang onto this for the You're Such an Animal challenge. Thanks! 

Journal Entry 4 by KateKintail at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia USA on Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Released 3 yrs ago (9/25/2008 UTC) at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia USA

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Releasing at the BookCrossing table a the Fall for the Book Festival!

Released for the You're Such an Animal Challenge

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