sometimes, something so well known…. so feared…
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Sometimes, something so well
known…
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So feared…
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has a secret life of its own.
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Throughout the book the reader is easily pulled into what living in the South might have been like during 1964.
The following events had a strong influence throughout the story.
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1964 January 23 - 24th amendment ratified February 7 – A mistrial in the case of Byron De La
Beckwith's murder of Medgar Evers March 8 – Malcolm X says he is forming a black nationalist
Party March 14 – Jack Ruby convicted of killing Lee Harvey
Oswald July 2 – Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 July 18 – Six days of race riots begin in Harlem October 14 – Martin Luther King Jr. becomes youngest
recipient of Nobel Peace Prize. December 3 – Berkeley Free Speech Movement
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The Secret Life of Bees
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the
tale of Lily Owens, a 14 year-old girl who
has a connection with bees, which guide
her through her journey…
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She sees racism around her and realizes that she has some racist ideas herself.
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She must live with the guilt of accidentally killing her mother…
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She now lives with her father, T. Ray, who says her mother abandoned her.
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She must accept whether or not she thinks he is telling her the truth.
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Was this true? Or did Lily’s mother really love Her?
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She sets out to learn the truth with her nanny Rosaleen.
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And finds May, June, and August Boatwright, who might hold her answers.
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Will she eventually ask them about her mother and risk being rejected, or spend life living a lie?
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Based on her initial short story “The Secret Life of Bees”, Sue Monk Kidd sold more than six million copies, spent over 2 ½ years on New York Times bestseller list, and published in 35 countries.
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The author based her writing of this novel on her childhood living within the deep south and on the racial wounds and tensions of the 1950’s and 1960’s.
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Throughout the book the reader is easily pulled into what living in the South might have been like during 1964.
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Created by:
Ashley Dyer David Evans Megan Flores Deepa Floyd Dee Fuqua