Elliott, Z. (2008). A Wish After MIdnight. Independent Publishing. Createspace.
A Wish After Midnight is a fantasy of sorts, as it involves traveling back in time, as well as historical fiction. It’s about a 15 year old girl, Genna, who lives in a cramped apartment with her mother and three siblings. Genna, who is mixed race, finds comfort in a botannical gardens and is transported back to Brooklyn, NY, just before the Civil War.
This book deals with racism (Genna’s mother hates whites and Genna doesn’t want to think that way) in both the present and in the 1800’s. This would be a good novel for teenagers in a social studies class, where discussion could be had about the situations faced by Blacks, both then and now. It’s message is that it is possible to create something good from the situation you may be in and, also, that if you look past the exterior, you can see the good in (some) people.
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