Narrator Gladys Cailiff is eleven years old in 1938 when a new, well-traveled young schoolteacher turns a small Georgia town upside down. Miss Grace Spivey believes in field trips, Arabian costumes,
Narrator Gladys Cailiff is eleven years old in 1938 when a worldly schoolteacher turns the small town of Threestep, Georgia, upside down. Miss Grace Spivey defies the traditional curriculum and racial
Every family has its secrets. But toward the end of his life, George decides to tell his daughter the story of his mother and the Turk. This initial revelation leads to a narrative tour de force that
Eleven-year-old Gladys Cailiff and her Depression-era community are turned upside down when a worldly teacher, who is fascinated with all things Arabian, moves into the small town.
Eleven-year-old Gladys Cailiff and her Depression-era community are turned upside down when a worldly teacher, who is fascinated with all things Arabian, moves into the small town.
Eleven-year-old Gladys Cailiff and her Depression-era community are turned upside down when a worldly teacher, who is fascinated with all things Arabian, moves into the small town.
