Stella by Starlight came out this year and I really enjoyed this book. Set in the south during the 1930s, Stella and her little brother see the Ku Klux Klan burning a cross in the middle of the night. They are terrified and wake up their parents. This book is all about how they keep going in the face of adversity, the whole community and their family. I enjoyed seeing Stella's growth throughout this book and viewing things from a different perspective--a black girl living in the 1930s. I know about the KKK and some of the awful things that happened because of racism, but I never would have thought about how hard it was for them to live day by day--to have to work for white men for little pay, to look in catalogs and see only white people, etc. I don't understand the cruelty of men and was saddened by that in the book. One man in particular we find out is just filled with hate...for everyone, especially blacks. I enjoyed the reminder to cherish the people in my life, especially my husband and sons and not things. Despite the hardships in this book they were able to find joy in the end and really that is what life is all about.
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