This one surprised me. The format was unlike anthing I had read beefore. Written in notes, transcripts, cartoons, and letters, three girls create submissions for a time-capsule for their town, to be opened in 50 years. I found myself wishing it was a normal narrative, maybe written from each of their perspectives, rather than the different formats. Lizzie, Nora and Elidee start to create the submissions as extra credit, but grow to like writing about what is going on in their lives and their town. The normally quiet town is shaken up when two inmates from the local prison escape. The tension it causes highlights a undercurrent of racism in the town, expressed mostly by Elidee, a new black girl in town. (FIC MES)
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