Brotherhood

Brother Hood By: A.B Westrick

When a 14 year old white boy meets a 15 year old "colored" girl named Rachel, and befriends her, great dangers haunt Shad.  Shad agrees to join the Brotherhood, better known as the Ku Klux Klan which he thinks is "an organization of white men that protect white widows," Shad has no idea what he's getting into and what this group is really capable of. Shad works with his Grandaddy at Weaver's Fine Tailoring, he needs to make a delivery to the Perkinson's home. When he reaches the front step and knocks on the door, Rachel appears and a couple minutes later Shad has a deal with Miss. Elizabeth to teach him reading in exchange for a dress that he needs to make for Miss. Abigail. He is taught reading by Rachel and a white man that helps black kids in their education which was in a "shed full of colored students." The Grand Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan orders Shad's brother Jeremiah to torch the shed in the backyard of the Perkinson's home where the black students are being taught. Jeremiah is caught red-handed and goes to Libby Prison. Will Shad and his Grandaddy get Jeremiah out of Libby? And will the Klan always haunt Shad? Read Brotherhood By: A.B Westrick to hear more about Shad and the crazy mess he has created.

I recommend this book to readers that love action, mystery, and a good novel that you just can't put down!  The thing with the Klu Klux Klan I learned was what Shad thought they really were isn't what they were.  They actually were a group that wanted to drive out all black people from Virginia or at least make sure they wouldn't group together, learn, or take up jobs and  the Klu Klux Klan would scare and even murder to make sure those things wouldn't happen.  I had a lot of emotions while I read this book!  I talked to my mom and Mrs. Bronn about it as I read and when I finished.
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