![]() ![]() The award-winning novel chronicles the summer of a ten-year-old African American girl in the rural South who must adjust to her father’s sudden death and life with her new white step-mother. Dori Sanders’s novel, Clover is no exception. As young readers seek to develop a personal philosophy of what is right and wrong, these texts create a safe space to help them make sense of the world and define their role in society. Young adult and children’s literature often allows readers to see themselves reflected in fictional characters who navigate familiar complex social situations, while exploring self and identity. ![]() Image courtesy of McCain Library and Archives (de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection and USM Libraries Digital Lab), University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg. Clover: A Novel by Dori Sanders (Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1990). ![]()
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