The Long Shadow by Phyllis Wheeler
StoryJumpers
Friday, February 11, 2022 -
What if a fourteen-year-old boy from present-day white suburbia finds himself fifty years in the past, fighting to survive a freak storm in the woods and afraid to accept help from a black man?
Once the two learn to trust each other, Richie learns about the traumatic event that shaped the man Morris’s life: the lynching of Morris’s grandfather in 1923. If Richie can go back in time again and prevent the lynching, will Morris come in from the cold?
The Long Shadow is an anti-racist time-travel story for 10-to-14-year-olds. "This compelling and engaging story is a must-read!" - Rob Currie, author of Hunger Winter: A World War II Novel.
"Part survival story, part exploration of racial justice in America, part journey of self-discovery, and wholly engaging and memorable. A well done and powerful story. It is certainly stuck in my head," says reader and reviewer Joe Corbett, a school librarian in St. Louis
Phyllis Wheeler tells stories that encourage us to step outside our comfort zones. She’s done it—she and her husband spent twenty years raising their family in a black neighborhood in segregated St. Louis.
She’s been a journalist, an engineer, and a homeschooling mom. Now she’s thrilled to be following her dream of authoring books for young people.
Learn more about her books and get a free short story when you sign up for her occasional newsletter at PhyllisWheeler.com
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