A review by victorialynch
Day of Tears by Julius Lester

4.0

A beautiful and painful rendition of the largest slave auction in history. We thought about using with our sixth graders, but it’s a bit much for a couple of reasons. Language would be a problem (frequent use of the n word), and Lester rarely tells the story in the same way. His “novel in dialogue” is quite varied which might be tough for some students to follow.