The dry grass of August
Anna Jean Mayhew.
- New York : Kensington Books, 2011.
- 294 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes discussion questions.
In 1954, 13-year-old Jubie, traveling with her family and her family's black maid Mary Luther--who has always been there for her, making up for her father's rages and her mother's neglect--encounters racial tension and tragedy.