Fifteen-year-old Dove confronts racism, KKK threats, and class tensions in 1959 Florida orange groves while navigating first romance and friendships.
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Fifteen-year-old Dove confronts racism, KKK threats, and class tensions in 1959 Florida orange groves while navigating first romance and friendships.
In 1957 fifteen-year-old Dove, the daughter of a prosperous orange grower in Benevolence, Florida, feels increasingly uneasy after learning of acts of racism against the African American orange pickers by those close to her.
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Mentions of first romance and normal adolescent dating interests.
Violently graphic scenes tied to KKK actions and racial conflict.
Period-realistic dialogue includes racial slur 'nigger'.
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Central themes of racial prejudice, class status, and KKK activity.
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Systemic racism, migrant worker exploitation, and KKK violence depicted.
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