Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice by Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano, Jennifer Zivoin, Marietta Collins

Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice

Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano, Jennifer Zivoin, Marietta Collins

40 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction childrens race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Something Happened in Our Town follows two families — one White, one Black — as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community. The story aims to answer children's questions about such traumatic events, and to help children ident...

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Moods

informative 73%
challenging 50%
reflective 46%
emotional 26%
inspiring 26%
sad 23%
dark 15%
hopeful 7%
tense 7%

Pace

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medium 23%
slow 11%

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