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Last Days in Africville

Last Days in Africville

By Dorothy Perkyns

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  • 978-1-55002-630-6
  • February 2006
  • 120pp, Paperback
  • $10.99 CAD
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On the shores of Bedford Basin in Halifax, 12-year-old Selina Palmer is growing up in the community of Africville in the 1960s. Struggling with what it means to be the only black student in her Grade 6 class, Selina takes comfort in the fact that every day she goes home to a loving and vibrant neighbourhood, where friends and family accept her as she is. But ugly rumours are starting to surface about the fate of Africville...