Getting away with murder : the true story of the Emmett Till case / by Chris Crowe.

Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Main Author: Crowe, Chris
Language:English
Published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2003], ©2003.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955 > Juvenile literature.
Lynching > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Crimes against > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African American teenage boys > Mississippi > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Trials (Murder) > Mississippi > Juvenile literature.
Jane Addams Children's Book Award.
Mississippi > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Local Note:
Starred review
Physical Description:128 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The boy who triggered the civil rights movement
  • Kicking the hornets' nest
  • The boy from Chicago
  • The wolf whistle
  • Setting the stage
  • Getting away with murder
  • Aftershocks.