She raises important questions about God, racial segregation and issues surrounding the hearing-impaired with a light and thoughtful touch. Set in 1971, Woodson's novel skillfully weaves in the music and events surrounding the rising opposition to the Vietnam War, giving this gentle, timeless story depth. One day an unexpected new student causes much chaos to the class because he is the only white boy in the whole school. The story is about a sixth-grade girl named Frannie growing up in the '70s. Because she has experienced so much sadness in her life (her brother's deafness, her mother's miscarriages) the heroine is able to see beyond it all-to look forward to a time when the pain subsides and life continues. Feathers is a children's historical novel by Jacqueline Woodson that was first published in 2007.
Frannie's keen perceptions allow readers to observe a ripple of changes. The Jesus Boy's sense of calm and its effect on her classmates make Frannie wonder if there is some truth to Samantha'a musings, but a climactic faceoff between him and Trevor bring the newcomer's human flaws to light. Trevor, the classroom bully, promptly nicknames him "Jesus Boy," because he is "pale and his hair long." Frannie's best friend, Samantha, a preacher's daughter, starts to believe that the new boy truly could be Jesus ("If there was a world for Jesus to need to walk back into, wouldn't this one be it?").
Narrator Frannie is fascinated with Emily Dickinson's poem, "Hope is the thing with feathers/ that perches in the soul," and grapples with its meaning, especially after a white student joins Frannie's all-black sixth-grade classroom. Looking forward" is the message that runs through Woodson's ( The House You Pass on the Way
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