My Mother the Cheerleader

My Mother the Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow

This book is about a girl named Loise, who lives in a house that is similar to a hostel, and she must take care of people who live there, but her mom also helps out. This book takes place in the 1960's in New Orleans, which is pretty cool.Anyways, Loise's mom and a group of women stand outside a local elementary school called William Frantz in the mornings, and bully the first African American to go to the school who is a six year old named Ruby Bridges.

This is a really good book, very well written, and a quick read. I would say this is a sort of sad, mysterious book, and it has a lot of mature topics, like racism. Also, this book is somewhat strange/boring at first, but after about 20 pages its interesting and you want to read more.

TBR:

Between Shades of Grey- Haley
The Giver: Grace
Touching the Void: Kenny