The Moonlight School
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Narrateur(s):
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Pilar Witherspoon
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Auteur(s):
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Suzanne Woods Fisher
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Haunted by her sister's mysterious disappearance, Lucy Wilson arrives in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the spring of 1911 to work for Cora Wilson Stewart, superintendent of education. When Cora sends Lucy into the hills to act as scribe for the mountain people, she is repelled by the primitive conditions and intellectual poverty she encounters. Few adults can read and write.
Born in those hills, Cora knows the plague of illiteracy. So does Brother Wyatt, a singing schoolmaster who travels through the hills. Involving Lucy and Wyatt, Cora hatches a plan to open the schoolhouses to adults on moonlit nights. The best way to combat poverty, she believes, is to eliminate illiteracy. But will the people come?
As Lucy emerges from a life in the shadows, she finds purpose; or maybe purpose finds her. With purpose comes answers to her questions, and something else she hadn't expected: love.
Inspired by the true events of the Moonlight Schools, this stand-alone novel from best-selling author Suzanne Woods Fisher brings to life the story that shocked the nation into taking adult literacy seriously. You'll finish the last moment of this enthralling story with deep gratitude for the gift of reading.
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- Audrey Friesen
- 2021-04-08
Campaign for Literacy
Lucy was offered a job with her cousin Cora Wilson Stewart in the mountains of Kentucky. It turned out to be much more than she bargained for since Cora was bound and determined to get the adults of Rowan County an education. She fought for literacy tooth and nail and won triumphantly. This book was both fact and fiction. Cora was a real person who was a leader in her day and strong promoter of literacy to improve the mountain peoples lives. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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