The teacher recommends that Stella write about herself. Grayson begins Christmas pageant practice as a distraction from worry about Klan activity she then assigns a personal essay, which Stella struggles to write. Stella shares with Tony that she sometimes sits out at night to practice writing, a skill that does not come easily to her.Īt school the next day, Mrs. They agree that any action against the KKK in their segregated town of Bumblebee will be almost impossible. Stella and classmate Tony Hawkins sit outside together while the men talk. After verifying the Klan activity for himself, Papa calls a meeting of their neighbors. Late one night in 1932, 11-year-old African American Stella Mills and her eight-year-old brother JoJo see a local group of Ku Klux Klansmen burning a cross near their home.
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