My Mother the Cheerleader - by Robert Sharenow (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In the tumultuous New Orleans of 1960, 13-year-old Louise Collins finds her world turned upside down when a stranger from the North arrives at her mother's boardinghouse. When the reason for the man's visit is called into question, everything Louise thinks she knows about her mother, her world, and herself will change.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Share this harrowing and painfully honest historical novel<em>*</em> at home or in the classroom. Through this extraordinary debut effort from the Sydney Taylor Award winner Robert Sharenow, readers will explore how ingrained prejudices--whether acted upon or not--help destroy lives and shatter a community.<em>**</em></strong></p><p>In 1960 New Orleans, thirteen-year-old Louise is pulled out of class by her mother to protest court-ordered integration of her school. Louise's mother is one of the jeering "Cheerleaders." Each morning the Cheerleaders gather at the school to harass the school's first black student, six-year-old Ruby Bridges, as she enters the building.</p><p>After a mysterious man from New York named Morgan arrives in town and takes up residence in the family's crumbling boarding house, Louise's acceptance of the way things are begins to crumble.</p><p>Through conversations with Morgan and firsthand observations, Louise begins to wonder about the morality of the Cheerleaders' activities--and everything Louise thinks she knows about her mother, her world, and herself will change.</p><p>In a starred review, <em>Booklist </em>commented: Readers will be held fast by the history told from the inside as adult Louise remembers the vicious role of ordinary people.</p><p><em>*School Library Journal (starred review); **Chicago Tribune</em></p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Louise Collins was pretty certain that nothing all that exciting would happen in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, where she lived with her mother in their boarding house, Rooms on Desire. Every day was almost the same: serve cranky Mr. Landroux his meals in bed, visit Antoine's Pick-a-Chick with Charlotte, and wear out the pages of her favorite novels by reading them over and over. But when desegregation begins, Louise is pulled out of school and her mother joins the Cheerleaders, a group of local women who gather every morning to heckle six-year-old Ruby Bridges, William Frantz Elementary's first African-American student.</p><p>Then one day a Chevy Bel Air with a New York license plate pulls up to the house and out steps Morgan Miller, a man with a mysterious past. For the first time, Louise feels as if someone cares about what she thinks. But when the reason for Morgan's visit comes to light, everything Louise thinks she knows about her mother, her world, and herself changes, abruptly and irrevocably.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>In his debut novel, television A&E producer Sharenow challenges the view that those Cheerleaders shouting the n-word were just a few crazy freaks.--<em>Booklist </em><strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>An unflinching look at the violence and hatred that permeated throughout this time in history."--<em>Kirkus Reviews</em><br><br>When 6-year-old Ruby Bridges starts attending William Frantz Elementary in an initial effort to desegregate the school system, Louise and many other white children are yanked out of the school as a sign of parental protest. Louise's mother joins a group of women dubbed 'the Cheerleaders.' These Southern belles spend their mornings on the schoolyard viciously taunting Ruby as she makes her way into the building. The most shocking thing about this extraordinary historical novel is that these details are true.--<em>Chicago Tribune</em><br><br>Sharenow is unflinching in his portrait of bull-headed Southern bigots who punish women with brutal rape, men with immolation, and children with vicious threats in an attempt to pass their own dismal limitations on to future generations.--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br><br>Shows a great deal of courage from a young girl.--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)<br><br>To most young readers, 1960 is nearly ancient history, yet the prejudice that Louise views in the Ninth Ward is still part of life today.--School Library Journal <strong>(starred review)</strong><br>
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