REVOLUTION by Deborah Wiles may be part of a documentary novel trilogy focused on the 1960's, but it's like reading about 2021. The Freedom Riders are swinging through Southern communities speaking about Civil Rights and helping folks register to vote. Throughout the story of Sunny and her family, Wiles includes posters, speeches, quotes, and more that detail the unrest of the Civil Rights era.
People say Sunny's small town of Greenwood, Mississippi, has been invaded. The invasion is people both black and white and young and old who have come as part of a drive to register more black people to vote. They come from all walks of life, but many are college students spending their summer in the South to work for the cause.
Sunny must adjust to all these newcomers as well as the new family she inherited when her father remarried. She has a new brother and a new little sister. They seem ok, but she isn't used to sharing her father and her home with anyone since her mother left years ago.
Summer adventure for Sunny begins when she and her step-brother sneak into the local swimming pool one night. It turns out they aren't the only ones with that idea. Sunny brushes up against a black boy looking for the same adventure. With all the upheaval in town, Sunny isn't sure how her father will respond if she tells him the truth about their unapproved late night swim. Because of the tension of the times, Sunny's summer is not going to be a peaceful one.
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