By: Patricia McKissack & Jerry Pinkney, 29 pp
'Tricia Ann lives in the 1950's down south which is a segrated community. Her grandmother always takes her to a "someplace special" downtown. One day, 'Tricia Ann wants to go on the trip alone. So with her grandmother's inspirational words and seeing friends on the way with encouraging words, 'Tricia Ann takes off. On her way, she does run into Jim Crow signs - segrated signs, "Colored Section" and "Whites Only."
This "somplace special" is somewhere where all are welcome - no segration. You don't find out where this place is until the very last page, but it is interesting trying to figure it out while reading the story.
This story is based on Patricia McKissack's life as a young girl raised in Nashville, Tennessee.
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