Glory, which is short for Gloriana, lives in Hanging Moss, Mississippi. It is 1964 and she is eagerly awaiting her 12th birthday celebration to be held at the town pool, just like always, on the 4th of July. Suddenly, things are changing. Her best friend, Frank, is suddenly talking badly about the "Yankee troublemakers," which Glory thinks is just plain mean. In fact, their friendship takes a turn for the worse when she becomes friends with one. Glory learns to look at segregation with new eyes, and finds that change can bring out the best, and the worst, from people that she thought she knew. She must take a stand when her beloved pool is shut down, but, will her daddy, the preacher, support her?
On a personal level, I love that the center of this town, and of inclusion, is the library. One of my favorite quotes, "Libraries are about books. Books have no color. And they don't care who reads them."
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