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Magic city by rhodes, jewell parker joe samuels, a young black man trying to escape being lynched for a rape he did not commit, and mary keane, a lonely young white woman fighting to exonerate joe, embark on individual odysseys of selfdiscovery, in a story inspired by the 1921 burning of greenwood, an affluent black section of tulsa. She has also written many awardwinning books for adults. Its city girl maddys first summer in the bayou, and she just falls in love with her new surroundings the glimmering fireflies, the glorious landscape, and something else, deep within the. Together they scour the city for sophies mother before she is caught and sent. From the award winning author jewell parker rhodes, a story of a louisiana woman stuck in the wrong city with the wrong man. Its citygirl maddys first summer in the bayou, and she just falls in love with her new surroundings.
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