Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands by McCarthy, Susan Carol

Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands

Here is one of those rare and remarkable debuts that herald the appearance of a major new...
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Author: Susan Carol McCarthy
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Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands by McCarthy, Susan Carol

Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands

$234.53

Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands

$234.53
Author: Susan Carol McCarthy
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Here is one of those rare and remarkable debuts that herald the appearance of a major new talent on the literary scene. Inspired by real events, Lay That Trumpet In Our Hands is a wise and luminous story about a northern family, a southern town, and the senseless murder that sparks an extraordinary act of courage.

To this day, my family is in disagreement as to precisely when the nightmare began. For me, it was the morning Daddy and Luther discovered Marvin, beaten, shot, and dying, in the Klan's stomping grounds off Round Lake Road. My brother Ren disagrees. He points to the small cluster of scars that begin just outside his left eye and trail horizontally across his temple to the top of his ear. Ren claims it started when the men in white robes took the unprecedented step of shooting at two white children. Others say it was when Mr. Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP and Mr. Hoover's FBI came to town. Mother and Daddy shake their heads. In their minds, the real beginning was much earlier....

Author: Susan Carol McCarthy
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 04/01/2003
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.54w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780553381030

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 69571 / Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/15/2005 pg. 173

About the Author
Susan Carol McCarthy lives in Carlsbad, California. Her acclaimed debut novel, Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands, was the winner of the 2003 Chautauqua South Fiction Award and was named one of the Best Fiction Books of 2002 by San Diego Magazine.

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