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Meridian

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By Alice Walker
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Meridian
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Meridian Hill is a young woman at an Atlanta college attempting to find her place in the revolution for racial and social equality. She discovers the limits beyond which she will not go for the cause, but despite her decision not to follow the path of some of her peers, she makes significant sacrifices in order to further her beliefs. Working in a campaign to register African American voters, Meridian cares broadly and deeply for the people she visits, and, while her coworkers quit and move to comfortable homes, she continues to work in the deep South despite a paralyzing illness. Meridians nonviolent methods, though seemingly less radical than the methods of others, prove to be an effective means of furthering her beliefs.

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65140 words65,140 words
264 pages264 pages
Lexile 1010LLexile 1010L
Published 2003Published 2003

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9780156028349

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