Notable Books for a Global Society —IRA

2001

Children's Literature Choice List

2002

Booklist

"A solid portrait of a time and place that will be of historical and personal interest to many middle-school readers and their teachers."

Voice of Youth Advocate

"From the first chapter of the book, the reader is riveted. … With wide appeal to the teen audience, this solid book might be used in conjunction with discussions of the Civil Rights era or in book discussion groups."

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"This is a detailed depiction of an important historical change from an unusual viewpoint, and Herschler offers some affecting insight into the pressures on this small-town white family."

Booklist

"A solid portrait of a time and place that will be of historical and personal interest to many middle-school readers and their teachers."

Voice of Youth Advocate

"From the first chapter of the book, the reader is riveted. … With wide appeal to the teen audience, this solid book might be used in conjunction with discussions of the Civil Rights era or in book discussion groups."

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"This is a detailed depiction of an important historical change from an unusual viewpoint, and Herschler offers some affecting insight into the pressures on this small-town white family."

Children's Book Review Service, Inc.

"The Darkest Corner is an incredibly powerful story of the deep south of the 1960's."