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* The Stewarts travel to stay with Mrs. Stewart's cousin Deborah and her family after their house burns down. After a long and difficult journey, they get their to greet....James's new wife, Suzanne. She explains that Deborah died in childbirth a few months ago, and her baby didn't survive. Mrs. Stewart is devastated. And so is James. He is obviously still in deep grief, and when Sally later asks why he married Suzanne, Mr. Stewart answers:
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* The Stewarts travel to stay with Mrs. Stewart's cousin Deborah Deborah, her husband James, and her family their kids after their the Stewart house burns down. After a long and difficult journey, they get their to greet....James's arrive and are greeted by....James' new wife, Suzanne. She explains that Deborah died in childbirth a few months ago, and her baby didn't survive. Mrs. Stewart is devastated. And so is James. He is obviously still in deep grief, and when Sally later asks why he married Suzanne, Suzanne so quickly and while still grieving for Deborah, Mr. Stewart answers:
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* Even though she knows she's getting a better education, Dawnie becomes just so ''tired'' of dealing with everything that comes along with going to Prettyman. She finds herself reflecting wistfully on her time at Bethune because at least there she was just a normal kid rather than having all of this other stuff swirling around her.
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* Even though she knows she's getting a better education, Dawnie becomes just so ''tired'' of dealing with everything that comes along with going to Prettyman. She finds herself reflecting wistfully on her time at Bethune because for all the issues with overcrowding and lack of resources, at least there she was able to be just a normal kid rather than having all of this other stuff swirling around her.
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* Even though she knows she's getting a better education, Dawnie becomes just so ''tired'' of dealing with everything that comes along with going to Prettyman. She finds herself reflecting wistfully on her time at Bethune because at least there she was just a normal kid rather than having all of this other stuff swirling around her.
-->“I miss just ''being'' at school, not ''being a Negro'' at school.”
-->“I miss just ''being'' at school, not ''being a Negro'' at school.”
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* Towards the end, Dawnie’s estranged friend Yolanda tearfully reveals that she wants to go to Prettyman with her, because Prettyman has better books and a laboratory and all the other things that Bethune doesn’t have. But she can’t, because her parents don’t trust that the school will accept her. Even worse, Yolanda’s parents are ''right'': The staff and students ignore or bully Dawnie, and the white parents want her ''dead'' for daring to go to a better school. (And it’s revealed in the epilogue that Prettyman doesn’t even start enrolling more black children until ''three years'' after Dawnie graduates, so her actions didn't even make the broader impact they were meant to.) It's unfortunate that this cost Yolanda an opportunity and meant Dawnie had to go through it alone instead of having a friend with her, but it's not hard to understand Yolanda's parents deciding it was more important to keep their daughter safe.
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* Towards the end, Dawnie’s estranged friend Yolanda tearfully reveals that she wants to go to Prettyman with her, because Prettyman has better books and a laboratory and all the other things that Bethune doesn’t have. But she can’t, because her parents don’t trust that the school will accept her. Even worse, Yolanda’s parents are ''right'': The staff and students ignore or bully Dawnie, and the white parents want her ''dead'' for daring to go to a better school. (And it’s revealed in the epilogue that Prettyman doesn’t even start enrolling more black children until ''three years'' after Dawnie graduates, so her actions didn't even make the broader impact they were meant to.) It's unfortunate that this cost Yolanda an opportunity and meant Dawnie had to go through it alone instead of having a friend with her, but it's not hard to understand Yolanda's parents deciding it was more important to keep that those opportunities weren't worth risking their daughter safe.child's safety over.
* The revelation in the epilogue that Prettyman doesn’t even start enrolling more black children until ''three years'' after Dawnie graduates. One of the major reasons for Dawnie going there was the idea that she would be a trailblazer for other black children who would come after, but in the end, her courageous actions didn't have nearly as much impact as had been intended and hoped for.
* The revelation in the epilogue that Prettyman doesn’t even start enrolling more black children until ''three years'' after Dawnie graduates. One of the major reasons for Dawnie going there was the idea that she would be a trailblazer for other black children who would come after, but in the end, her courageous actions didn't have nearly as much impact as had been intended and hoped for.
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* Towards the end, Dawnie’s estranged friend Yolanda tearfully reveals that she wants to go to Prettyman with her, because Prettyman has better books and a laboratory and all the other things that Bethune doesn’t have. But she can’t, because her parents don’t trust that the school will accept her.
** Even worse, Yolanda’s parents are right: The staff and students ignore or bully Dawnie, and the white parents want her ''dead'' for daring to go to a better school. It’s revealed in the epilogue that Prettyman doesn’t even start enrolling more black children until ''three years'' after Dawnie graduates. It's unfortunate that this cost Yolanda an opportunity and meant Dawnie had to go through it alone instead of having a friend with her, but it's not hard to understand Yolanda's parents deciding it was more important to keep their daughter safe.
** Even worse, Yolanda’s parents are right: The staff and students ignore or bully Dawnie, and the white parents want her ''dead'' for daring to go to a better school. It’s revealed in the epilogue that Prettyman doesn’t even start enrolling more black children until ''three years'' after Dawnie graduates. It's unfortunate that this cost Yolanda an opportunity and meant Dawnie had to go through it alone instead of having a friend with her, but it's not hard to understand Yolanda's parents deciding it was more important to keep their daughter safe.
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* Towards the end, Dawnie’s estranged friend Yolanda tearfully reveals that she wants to go to Prettyman with her, because Prettyman has better books and a laboratory and all the other things that Bethune doesn’t have. But she can’t, because her parents don’t trust that the school will accept her.
**her. Even worse, Yolanda’s parents are right: ''right'': The staff and students ignore or bully Dawnie, and the white parents want her ''dead'' for daring to go to a better school. It’s (And it’s revealed in the epilogue that Prettyman doesn’t even start enrolling more black children until ''three years'' after Dawnie graduates. graduates, so her actions didn't even make the broader impact they were meant to.) It's unfortunate that this cost Yolanda an opportunity and meant Dawnie had to go through it alone instead of having a friend with her, but it's not hard to understand Yolanda's parents deciding it was more important to keep their daughter safe.
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* Pringle and Gideon spend a good part of the book with the Pritchard family, a young couple and their children who they met by chance, and they become close; Pringle even nannies for the Pritchard children. But when Gwen, the mother, realizes that Pringle is the daughter of a mine owner (Gwen's brother was killed in a mining accident), she instantly turns her back on Pringle, even as her husband and other brother show more compassion. For her part, Pringle is infuriated when she learns that the aforementioned brother was involved in the accident that killed her parents (it wasn't really his fault, but Pringle holds him responsible nonetheless) and that he threatened Gideon, who is developmentally disabled, to keep him quiet. It's bad enough that what was a great friendship was destroyed by incidents that neither of them were directly involved in, but it also means that Pringle was suddenly separated from the children, who she'd practically been raising and had come to love. The epilogue reveals that Pringle never saw the family again, and in fact it's never even confirmed that they survived the fire.
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* Pringle and Gideon spend a good part of the book with the Pritchard family, a young couple and their children who they met by chance, and they become close; Pringle even nannies for the Pritchard children. But when Gwen, the mother, realizes that Pringle is the daughter of a mine owner (Gwen's brother was killed in a mining accident), she instantly turns her back on Pringle, even as her husband and other brother show more compassion. For her part, Pringle is infuriated when she learns that the aforementioned surviving brother was involved in the accident that killed her parents (it wasn't really his fault, but Pringle holds him responsible nonetheless) and that he threatened Gideon, who is developmentally disabled, to keep him quiet. It's bad enough that what was a great friendship was destroyed by incidents that neither of them were directly involved in, but it also means that Pringle was suddenly separated from the children, who she'd practically been raising and had come to love. The epilogue reveals that Pringle never saw the family again, and in fact it's never even confirmed that they survived the fire.
