A Yellow WatermelonGrowing up in poverty-stricken, racially segregated, rural Alabama in the late 1940s, a white boy named Ted and a black boy named Poudlum become secret friends, join forces to integrate the cotton field laborers, and try to stop evil forces from depriving Poudlum's family of their property and livelihood. |
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A YELLOW WATERMELON
User Review - KirkusTwelve-year-old Ted Dillon is an innocent white boy in rural Alabama in 1948, but his new friendships with a black boy named Poudlum Robinson and an escaped black convict named Jake introduce him to a ... Read full review
Contents
Nail Soup 42 | |
Snakes 52 | |
Bullies 60 | |
Milk and Butter 71 | |
The Bootlegger 82 | |
The Cotton Gin 133 | |
Hiding Out 144 | |
The Whiskey Maker 156 | |
School Clothes 167 | |
Lying On Sunday 178 | |
Up a Tree 189 | |
Robin Hood 200 | |
Down the Creek 210 | |
The Still 92 | |
The Money Tree 102 | |
The Cotton Field 108 | |
Fire 123 | |
The Miracle 221 | |
A Yellow Watermelon 232 | |
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Common terms and phrases
ain’t asked began boat brother called cause chicken church close coming cotton cotton house creek Creel didn’t don’t door edge empty eyes face feet field figured finished folks Fred front gone gonna ground hands happened head heard inside Jake keep knew leaves logs looked ma’am milk mill Miss Lena’s morning mother move never night Old Man Cliff passed pick piece Point Poudlum preacher pulled reached road Robinsons rock sacks sawmill seen side sitting soon sound stand started stick stopped sure talk tell thing thought told took tree truck turned Uncle Curvin wait walked watched week whiskey woods y’all Yeah
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Yellow Watermelon APLS book club Volume 2 of Ted and Poudlum |
| Author | Ted M. Dunagan |
| Publisher | NewSouth Books, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1588381978, 9781588381972 |
| Length | 239 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / 20th Century Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / African American Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism |
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