Enjoy these SAMPLE pages from Greenwood and Archer- Greenwood and Archer: After the Riot continues the stories of Billy Ray Matthias and Benny Freeman and the residents of the Greenwood District after the historical Tulsa Race Riots of 1921. Though a sequel to Son of a Preacherman, Greenwood and Archer can be read as a stand alone book. The White Glove Society has all but destroyed the Greenwood District, home to the affluent blacks in Tulsa. Now those who have survived are trying to recover what is left including Billy Ray Matthias and Benny Freeman. Billy Ray and Benny are engaged but Benny is hesitant to set a date. Jordan Franks, Benny's ex-fiancee shows up in Tulsa and Benny is confronted with the memories and emotions of the crippling break up she experienced with Jordan. She must decide whether she will stand and face her past or allow it to drive her back into the dark place she'd grown used to before meeting Billy Ray. Billy Ray's attempts to keep Benny from running away are challenged by his own struggles as he wrestles with God's call on his life to preach. DP Dooley, plagued by a past that prompted him to turn from God and become a government agent, is in a turmoil as he wars against enemies seen and unseen. Internally, he fights against the darkness of his soul as the anger and resentment he has harbored against God for most of his life wears him down. Externally, he continues to fight against the threats of the bigoted White Gloves Society, which is growing and trying to increase its racist activities.. The once hard-edged racial views of Chief Tobias Parnell have noticeably dulled and he no longer enjoys the favor of the White Glove Society. Teaming up with Dooley, Chief Parnell fights against illegal racketeering, bootlegging and racial crimes. A new brotherhood forms in Tulsa, the interdenominational Christian clergyman (ICCA). Braving the social struggles of Tulsa, five clergymen attempt to and bring together God's people, regardless of race, economic status, gender, ethnicity and even doctrine. Their goal, along with the people of Greenwood is to see a new Tulsa rise from the ashes.
This book has only seven letters, 'a, c, h, m, n, o, t' and eight words 'cat, mat, hat, hot, cot, man, on, a' to introduce children to the process of reading. The illustrations on each page act as memory aids/mnemonics to help the children learn the correspondence between each letter and its sound.
This book introduces the special high frequency word 'go' in the concepts 'go up' and' go down'. The word 'down' has also to be introduced and at this stage is treated as a special word. There is no expectation to teach children the vowel digraph 'ow' at this stage.
This book has been written to reinforce the use of the past tense, in particular the words 'was' and 'said'. It also reinforces the 'th' digraph in the words 'then, with, the, they' and it introduces the other pronunciation of 'th' in 'thank'.
This book introduces the consonant combination 'ck' found at the end of the English words 'duck, black, quack, trick'. It also uses the combination 'qu' pronounced 'kw' in the word 'quack'.
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