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Though the beginning seems a little depressing what with all the abandonment and mistreatment of coltons family and all, things level off shortly thereafter. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. Diane l wilson twelveyearold colton, son of a black mother and a white father, takes a job with the pony express in 1860 after his father abandons the family on their californiabound wagon train, and risks his. In the book coltons father was white and his mom is black, because of this coltons family is treated poorly and unwanted. Tracking storm activity and news from across south africa. When colton wescott sees this sign for the pony express, he thinks he has the solution to his problems. Black storm comin, book by diane lee wilson paperback.
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Black storm comin is an insightful look at a period in our history, that although shortlived, was as important to the country as any. This literary text by charlotte zolotow tells how a summer storm changes and moves over the countryside, city, and the seashore, something a young boy hasnt heard or seen. Wilson explores issues of race in the character of colton and in the characters he meets along the way. At the end of the book, i didnt want to leave the characters. Black storm comin hardcover tattered cover book store. Sep 01, 2005 born in 1848 to a white father and a half black mother, twelveyearold colton wescott has faced far too many trials for his years. Black storm comin book by diane lee wilson official publisher. Booktalking black storm comin by diane lee wilson the.