Brotherhood
The year is 1867, the South has been defeated, and the American Civil War is over But the conflict goes on Yankees now patrol the streets of Richmond, Virginia, and its citizens, both black and white, are struggling to redefine their roles and relationships By day, fourteen year old Shadrach apprentices with a tailor and sneaks off for reading lessons with Rachel, a freed slave, at her school for African American children By night he follows his older brother to the meetings of a group whose stated mission is to protect Confederate widows like their mother But as the true murderous intentions of the brotherhood now known as the Ku Klux Klan are revealed, Shad finds himself trapped between old loyalties and what he knows is right A powerful and unflinching story of a family caught in the enormous social and political upheaval of the period of Reconstruction. Free Download [ Brotherhood ] by [ A.B. Westrick ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Brotherhood, by A.B Westrick, is a powerful lesson in situational ethics, how our upbringing, world events, and personal ties shape us, and how we struggle to distinguish right from wrong in our own minds and hearts Brotherhood is about a young boy coming of age, questioning his conscience, wondering who to trust it s about family, country, history, race, prejudice, injustice, and so muchI found myself immediately hooked on the story of the young Shadrach Weaver, trying desperately to Brotherhood, by A.B Westrick, is a powerful lesson in situational ethics, how our upbringing, world events, and personal ties shape us, and how we struggle to distingu...Based on ARCThis book depicts literary conflict flawlessly Young Shad is reminiscent of Huck Finn he is steeped in the ways of the South including the KKK , but finds himself attending a secretive Colored school to learn to read He has to choose between the Brotherhood, which includes his family and neighbors, and his new friends To make sure his friends are safe means to betray his family Westrick is also a master at setting The reader is set fi...The Civil War has ended, but the conflict isn t over Outstanding treatment of a sensitive and controversial topic the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Reconstruction South, specifically Richmond, VA Appropriately, the protagonist is a white teen boy caught in conflicting currents of loyalties, commitments and aspirations The reader is swept along with his ambivalence and occasional stupidity as he treads this murky maze Thos...The Klan was a good thing the brotherhood, the chickens..Men supporting on another.they were part of a brotherhood that cared for widows and Confederate orphans and the rest But this business about burning a colored school Shad couldn t let the Klan do it Pg 229 Ah yes a YA novel on the Reconstruction and the Klu Klux Klan told from their point of view poor white men scared and reluctant to acknowledge the intelligence and equality of the colored population I am so intrigued and then w The Klan was a good thing the brotherhood, the chickens..Men supporting on another.they were part of a brotherhood that cared for widows and Confederate orphans and the rest But this business about burning a colored school Shad couldn t let the Klan do it Pg 229 Ah yes a YA novel on the Reconstruction and the Klu Klux Klan told from their point of view poor white men scared and reluctant to acknowledge the intelligence and equality of the colored population I am...Exciting story about a boy growing up in Richmond, Virginia a few years after the Civil War has ended Westrick s in depth research about the era shows The story and characters remain with me long after I ve finished reading this bookthis book surprised meThis review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here In Brotherhood by A B Westrick is a historical fiction book published in 2013 is based off the K.K.K In 1867, in Richmond, Virginia, a 14 year old boy named Shadrach Weaver apprentices with a tailor Shadrach s brother, Jeremiah, is a K.K.K member, and one night when Shadrach tries to follow his brother to one of the meetings he is caught and joins the K.K.K When Jeremiah is arrested by the Yankees for killing a white man, Shadrachs life changes In chapter 5, When Shadrach is captured, he In Brotherhood by A B Westrick is a historical fiction book published in 2013 is based off the K.K.K In 1867, in Richmond, Virginia, a 14 year old boy named Shadrach Weaver apprentices with a tailor Shadrach s brother, Jeremiah, is a K.K.K member, and one night when Shadrach tries to follow his brother to one of the meetings he is caught and joins the K.K.K When Jeremiah is arrested by the ...This book is a book about a child living in the Reconstruction period in the South While the Civil War is over, there is still strife about African American people and carpetbaggers, people from the Northern states to take advantage of ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Brotherhood is a novel that tell the story of a fiction character named Shadrach Shad Weaver Shad lives in Richmond, Virginia during the post Civil War period Throughout the story Shad goes through a lot of inner conflict The main conflict is that he was always taught the colored people were below him and that being white made you better than a colored person, but after meeting a colored girl that is very intelligent Shad starts to think differently and he starts to become very close to a g Brotherhood is a novel that tell the story of a fiction character named Shadrach Shad Weaver Shad lives in Richmond, Virginia during the post Civil War period Throughout the story Shad goes through a lot of inner conflict The main conflict is that he was always taught the colored people were below him and that being white made you better than a colored person, but after meeting a colored girl that is very intelligent Shad starts to think differently and he starts to become very close to a group of colored people The conflict is defin...A.B Westricks Brotherhood is a great story about keeping oaths and self conflicting decisions Shadrach Weaver is a young man around the age of 13.In Richmond, Virginia, 1867, his family has just gone through a major loss due to his father s death in the civil war, and now his brother is respected as the man of the house and the eventual succes...
- English
- 09 November 2018 A.B. Westrick
- Hardcover
- 368 pages
- 0670014397
- A.B. Westrick
- Brotherhood