The following items are available at the Hancock County Public Library, 900 W. McKenzie Road. For more information on the library’s collection or to reserve a title, visit hcplibrary.org.
Fiction: “When Stars Rain Down” by Angela Jackson-Brown
“Opal Pruitt is just about to turn 18 in the oppressively hot summer of 1936. She works hard at her job, takes care of her beloved Granny, and dreams about boys with her cousin Lucille. The young black teenager’s journey to adulthood will be forged in fire, though, as the Ku Klux Klan attacks her neighborhood and she endures a vicious beating at the hands of an unknown white attacker. Although slavery is over, Parsons, Georgia, is still starkly divided along unequal racial lines, and Opal begins to fear the community’s thirst for justice on her behalf could ignite a chain reaction with devastating consequences.” –Provided by publisher.
Nonfiction: “The Speckled Beauty” by Rick Bragg
“The Pulitzer Prize-winning author recounts the impact an ill-behaved stray dog had on him during an uncertain time.” – From The New York Times
