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Also the point of view is one that is not as common either, so this is a great chance to sha. Hesse tackled a more disturbing subject in the 2001 verse novel witness. Newbery medalist karen hesse immerses readers in a small vermont town in 1924 with this haunting and harrowing tale. It deals with racial tension, kkk and a small town in vermont. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are. Pdf out of the dust novel pages download read online free. I read maudean neills book about the klan in vermont, wrote to her about her research and tried to. She lives in vermont with her husband and two teenaged daughters. Witness is a free poetry book of historical fiction written by karen hesse in 2001, concentrating on racism in a rural vermont town in 1924. Witness by karen hesse is a book written in poetry form telling the story of different people through different perspectives.
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