Esta serie se sumerge en los turbulentos años sesenta, centrándose en personajes adolescentes que navegan crisis globales y pruebas personales. Las narrativas mezclan eventos históricos significativos con dramas familiares íntimos que moldean a los jóvenes en tiempos de malestar político y agitación social. Los lectores encontrarán una narración convincente sobre el coraje, la familia y la búsqueda de identidad en medio de la incertidumbre. Ofrece una perspectiva sobre una de las décadas más cruciales del siglo XX a través de los ojos de quienes la vivieron.
Eleven-year-old Franny Chapman lives with her family in Washington, D.C., during the days surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis. Amidst the pervasive threat of nuclear war, Franny must face the tension between herself and her younger brother, figure out where she fits in with her family, and look beyond outward appearances.
Struggling to adapt within her newly blended family in 1964 Mississippi, young Sunny witnesses increasingly scary community agitation when activists from the North arrive in town to help register African Americans to vote.
The remarkable story of two cousins who must take a road trip across American in 1969 in order to let a teen know he's been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Full of photos, music, and figures of the time, this is the masterful story of what it's like to be young and American in troubled times