Such Sweet Thunder: A Novel Julia Cameron Shepard’s witty and loving illustrations

Shepard’s witty and loving illustrations enhance these truly delightful gift editions

She's sour and grouchy and HATES Halloween

until day breaks and she has vanished

and any semblance of a social life in pursuit of academic perfection and passage to a better future

Reynolds and talented debut author Marc Colagiovanni comes an inspirational story about optimism

Such Sweet Thunder: A Novel Julia Cameron Shepard’s witty and loving illustrationsAmerigo Jones grows up poor but surrounded by love in Jazz Age Kansas City. A precocious young dreamer, he longs for the college education that his parents could not have. But as Amerigo begins to venture further away from his doting mother and father, he encounters a world marred by prejudice, where amid the bustle and the beauty, violence and injustice stalk the streets. Such Sweet Thunder is a majestic and unforgettable child's eye view of Jim Crow