Noonday Flower
Ohse, Carla C.
Named for her birth at noon on a sunny day in the early 1930s, Noonday Flower is destined to lead a remarkable life. As an African American girl raised in the all-white village of Walhalla, Michigan, Noonday finds the odds stacked against her from the beginning, just as they were for her mother.When teacher Maggie Dunn recognizes Noonday's potential, she tries to enroll her in school, but the board of education swiftly rejects her enrollment. ...