Help with middle school banned book
Hello! I'm trying to track down a book I read in middle school. By then I was already reading at a college level, so I'm not sure if the whole class read it or if I picked it up on my own.
What I remember very specifically: it's about a close-knit Black family living in a small home, likely on a farm. The children attended a segregated school. They were too poor to afford shoes, so they walked to school along a dirt road while the bus carrying white children drove past them.
The main character was a girl around middle school age, I believe, and she was the oldest child in her family, and she would walk back and forth to town to fetch things for them.
I've been trying to figure out what this book is for over a year, and I keep sifting through the details, but I just can't place it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I’m pretty sure it’s a banned book now, which is super disappointing. I know it’s not a whole lot of details to work with but that’s what I’ve got🥲