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also available: Hardcover Paperback
category: Children's Nonfiction
published: May 2016
ISBN:9781771083720
publisher: Nimbus Publishing

A Change of Heart

by Alice Walsh

tagged: prejudice & racism, music
Description

Finally, the remarkable story of honourary Newfoundlander Lanier Phillips is available for young children in this heartwarming picture book.

A young African American and the son of sharecroppers, Lanier Phillips escapes the violence, racism, and segregation of his Georgia home by joining the navy during the Second World War. But tragedy strikes the USS Truxtun one February night off the southeastern coast of Newfoundland, and Lanier is the lone Black survivor of the terrible shipwreck. Covered in oil when he arrives onshore, the community's kindness and humanity brings him back to health and changes his outlook on life. He would go on to march for Black rights with Martin Luther King, and remained forever grateful to the small town of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland.

With vibrant illustrations by celebrated artist Erin Banks, A Change of Heart vividly depicts Lanier's life-changing experiences in Newfoundland that fateful February.

About the Author

Alice Walsh has published three previous children's books. She lives in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
4 to 10
Grade:
p to 5

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