With the Might of Angels

This was a wonderful historical fiction story written by Andrea Davis Pinkney.  Dawnie Rae tells her story in the form of diary entries.  She is a smart, black girl who has earned a spot at a newly integrated school after the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education law suit which made school segregation illegal.  She is thrilled to have the opportunity...new books, a beautiful building, a science lab.  This is the only way she will have the opportunity to be a doctor.  But she is not welcome there.  The white students and teachers mock her.  Some of her previous black classmates believe she is causing trouble and being uppity.  It is the story of her struggle, and all of those who broke barriers to gain equality for Black people.  The epilogue provided historical facts to support the story. (FIC PIN)