Rattlebone

Too long unavailable, this luminous classic of small-town life in the segregated 1950s has "magic dust sprinkled over each and every page" (Veronica Chambers, New York Times Book Review).

Irene Wilson knows that a "no-name invisible something" has settled over her parents' marriage and suspects her glamorous new teacher is to blame. Irene is not alone in her suspicions. In the town of Rattlebone, a small Black neighborhood of Kansas City, secrets are hard to keep and growing up is a community affair.

As Irene is initiated into adult passion and loss, her family story takes its place in a tightly woven tapestry of neighbors whose griefs and joys are as vivid as her own. Capturing an entire world through the eyes of its unforgettable heroine, Rattlebone is a one-of-a-kind triumph of American fiction.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: McNally Editions
Published: 06/28/2022
ISBN: 9781946022462
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.00w x 0.60d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 70912 / Rattlebone
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8