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Crow Audiobook

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Read By: JD Jackson Publisher: Listening Library Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: July 2013 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780804123945

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

65

Longest Chapter Length:

09:27 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

12 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

06:50 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He's growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, and his mother is reeling from the discovery of a family secret. Yet there are good times, too. He's teaching his grandmother how to read. For the first time she's sharing stories about her life as a slave. And his father and his friends are finally getting the respect and positions of power they've earned in the Wilmington, North Carolina, community. But not everyone is happy with the political changes at play and some will do anything, including a violent plot against the government, to maintain the status quo. One generation away from slavery, a thriving African American community—enfranchised and emancipated—suddenly and violently loses its freedom in turn of the century North Carolina when a group of local politicians stages the only successful coup d'etat in US history.

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“Relying on historical records, Wright deftly combines real and fictional characters to produce an intimate story about the Wilmington riots to disenfranchise black citizens. An intensely moving, first-person narrative of a disturbing historical footnote told from the perspective of a very likable, credible young hero.”

— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Quotes

  • “This thought-provoking novel and its memorable cast offer an unflinching and fresh take on race relations, injustice, and a fascinating, little-known chapter of history.”

    — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • “The expert blending of vivid historical details with the voice of a courageous, relatable hero makes this book shine.”

    — School Library Journal (starred review)
  • “Wright has taken a little-known event and brought it to vivid life, with a richly evoked setting of a town on the Cape Fear River, where a people not far from the days of slavery look forward to the promise of the twentieth century.”

    — Horn Book Magazine (starred review)

Awards

  • Nominated for ALA Notable Children's Book, 2013
  • Nominated for New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, 2012

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About Barbara Wright

Barbara Wright is the author of Crow. She grew up in North Carolina and has lived all over the world, from France, to Korea, to El Salvador. She has worked as a fact-checker for Esquire and as a screenwriter.

About JD Jackson

JD Jackson is a theater professor, aspiring stage director, and award-winning audiobook narrator. He is a classically trained actor, and his television and film credits include roles on House, ER, Law & Order, Hack, Sherrybaby, Diary of a City Priest, and Lucky Number Slevin. He is the recipient of more than a dozen Earphones Awards for narration and an Odyssey Honor for G. Neri’s Ghetto Cowboy, and he was also named one of AudioFile magazine’s Best Voices of the Year for 2012 and 2013. An adjunct professor at Los Angeles Southwest College, he has an MFA in theater from Temple University.