Books by Chris Crowe and Complete Book Reviews

GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
Chris Crowe, Author . Penguin Putnam/Fogelman $18.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2804-2
Crowe (Mississippi Trial, 1955) revisits the subject of his debut novel, this time as nonfiction, with an even more searing impact. He builds a strong argument that "the outrage that followed [Emmett's] death and the acquittal of his...
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MISSISSIPPI TRIAL
MISSISSIPPI TRIAL, 1955
Chris Crowe, Author, Tim Okamura, Illustrator . Penguin Putnam/Fogelman $17.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2745-8
Basing his promising debut novel on historical events, Crowe adopts the point of view of a white teenager confronting racism in the 1950s South. Hiram Hillburn has resented his civil-rights–minded father ever since the age of nine, when his...
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Just as Good: How Larry Doby Changed America’s Game
Just as Good: How Larry Doby Changed America’s Game
Chris Crowe, illus. by Mike Benny. Candlewick, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5026-1
While numerous children’s books have been written about Jackie Robinson, this is the first dedicated to another pioneering ballplayer, Larry Doby, who joined the Cleveland Indians 11 weeks after Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Doby became
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