Down Sand Mountain

Kids, Fiction, Historical, Teen, Social Issues
Cover of the book Down Sand Mountain by Steve Watkins, Candlewick Press
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Author: Steve Watkins ISBN: 9780763654313
Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication: March 22, 2011
Imprint: Candlewick Press Language: English
Author: Steve Watkins
ISBN: 9780763654313
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication: March 22, 2011
Imprint: Candlewick Press
Language: English

It's 1966 and Dewey Turner is determined to start the school year right. No more being the brunt of every joke. No more "Deweyitis." But after he stains his face with shoe polish trying to mimic the popular Shoeshine Boy at the minstrel show he begins seventh grade on an even lower rung earning the nickname Sambo and being barred from the "whites only" bathroom. The only person willing to talk to him besides his older brother Wayne is fellow outsider Darla Turkel who wears her hair like Shirley Temple and sings and dances like her too. Through their friendship Dewey gains awareness of issues bigger than himself and bigger than his small town of Sand Mountain: issues like race and segregation the reality of the Vietnam War abuse sexuality and even death and grieving. Written in a riveting authentic voice at times light-hearted and humorous and at others devastating and lonely this deeply affecting story will stay with readers long after the book is closed.

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It's 1966 and Dewey Turner is determined to start the school year right. No more being the brunt of every joke. No more "Deweyitis." But after he stains his face with shoe polish trying to mimic the popular Shoeshine Boy at the minstrel show he begins seventh grade on an even lower rung earning the nickname Sambo and being barred from the "whites only" bathroom. The only person willing to talk to him besides his older brother Wayne is fellow outsider Darla Turkel who wears her hair like Shirley Temple and sings and dances like her too. Through their friendship Dewey gains awareness of issues bigger than himself and bigger than his small town of Sand Mountain: issues like race and segregation the reality of the Vietnam War abuse sexuality and even death and grieving. Written in a riveting authentic voice at times light-hearted and humorous and at others devastating and lonely this deeply affecting story will stay with readers long after the book is closed.

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