[bksvol-discuss] Any sighted volunteers want to read a kids' book about racial issues in 1947?
- From: <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:03:49 -0800
Hi Everybody!
I have just scanned a book that came from my library that I do not
want to read. It needs a sighted proofreader with a copy of the book, as
there are some handwritten letters in the book that will need to be typed
in.
The Book is" THE LEGEND Of BUDDY BUSH by Shelia P. Moses.
I have cleaned up the preliminary pages, protected chapter breaks, gotten
rid of extra tabs, spaces, and line breaks that don't belong. I didn't run
a spell check as the book will be full of dialect and I know that will make
it awful. Kurzweil's ranked spelling did give it a 98.7 rating with
capitalized words ignored. Not bad.
The material about the book from the jacket I'll paste below. If no
one wants to take this one on, no big deal. After all, how upset can I be,
if I don't have the gumption (How's that for dialect?) to read it myself.
Thanks for any takers.
I'll submit with a hold on it if any of you awesome sighted folks who can
read handwriting is interested. Thanks!
Mayrie
[From The Back Cover]
I remember like it was yesterday when this whole mess that forced Uncle
Buddy to leave us started.....
Sometimes when I think about what happened, I feel twelve again. That's how
old I was in June of 1947.
I'm telling you I can just relive it like it's happening now. Right now.
-from THE LEGEND OF BUDDY BUSH
"THE LEGEND OF BUDDY BUSH is wonderfully engaging." MORGAN FREEMAN, actor,
director, producer
"Moses captures the hard emotions of one memorable summer that resonates
with family love, humor, unbridled prejudice, and loss."
ANGELA JOHNSON, author of HEAVEN, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award
"No one has written a story like this since Mark Twain's TOM SAWYER!'
DICK GREGORY, activist, comedian, actor
'THE LEGEND OF BUDDY BUSH is a must read, could smell the dirt as I read
this wonderful novel."
SHEILA FRAZIER, Black Entertainment Television
ISBN 0-689-85839-6
ISBN 13: 9780689858390
[From The Front Flap]
AGES 12 UP
The day Uncle Goodwin "Buddy" Bush came from Harlem all the way back home to
Rehobeth Road in Rich Square, North Carolina, is the day Pattie Mae Sheals'
life changes forever.
Pattie Mae adores and admires Uncle Buddy, he's tall and handsome and he
doesn't believe in the country stuff most people believe in, like ghosts and
stepping off the sidewalk to let white folks pass. He unsettles the dust and
brings fresh ideas to Rehobeth Road. But when Buddy's deliberate inattention
to the protocol of 1947 North Carolina lands him in jail for a crime against
a white woman that he didn't commit, Pattie Mae and her family are suddenly
set to journeying on the long, hard road that leads from loss and rage to
forgiveness and pride.
Shelia P. Moses tells a moving and lyrical story in THE LEGEND OF BUDDY BUSH
that introduces the remarkable and memorable character of Pattie Mae
Sheals-a girl whose sense of humor, ability to get into "grown folks
business," and determination to know the truth will endear her to readers
everywhere.
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