Mayfield Crossing

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Book Overview

All the kids from Mayfield Crossing are excited about going to the new school at Parkview. It'sbigger and newer than their old school and, best of all, it has a first-rate basball field. It never occured to any of them that they wouldn't even be allowed to played on the Parkview field. At Mayfield, nobody ever thought about who was white and who was black. They were all just friends. But it's 1960, and the Parkview kids aren't ready to accept newcommers---especially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380721791
• ISBN13: 9780380721795
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Mayfield Crossing

Welcome to Mayfield Crossing where Meg and Billie used to go to school. But now they go to Parkview where they are the only African American kids. Meg has problems because of this. She loves baseball and she wanted to play, but the white kids did not let her especially, Clayton because of the color of her skin. What can she do when people judge her by the color of her skin?I liked this book because it had a lot of action like when Meg went to Ivy and told her that her team needed one more person even though she was a white girl. It was Meg's point of view and Meg really describes things that you can visualize. When I read this book I got a real visual about what was happening. When I read this book I was very surprised when Meg and Billie got in a fight with Clayton. I would recommend this book for any age. I think everyone who reads this book would like it and learn a lesson from the story. They would like this book because of the action and conversation.

Mayfield Crossing

This book Mayfield Crossing by Vaunda Nelson is about these kids, a brother and sister named Meg and Billy.These kids suffer concequences because of their skin color. Now they are going to stop this and try to make friends with the kids in their new school.What I like about this book is when Meg and Billy were trying to make friends.I also liked how Meg and Billy tried hard to ignore the jokes they made of their color.I also liked when Meg was offering some of her sandwich to a girl who was white. I also think Meg had a lot of courage to offer anything to this white girl.I would recomend this book to Middle school students because this book teaches you a lesson which is to treat people the way you want to be treated because every body is really the same.

Mayfield Crossing

The story is about a girl that changes schools.There she meets two kids and they become friends. The only problem is that the kids in her new school are treating her really bad just because of the color of her skin. And to figure out the end of the book you'll have to read this book. The things I liked about the book is that the author changes the moodof the story every time. Another is how the book is illustrated. The Illustration has one or two sentences to describe what is happening. The last thing that I liked in the book is that the book itself because I thought it was perfect.I will recommend this book to kids and all ages, even adults because at the end of the book you can get a good message for life. Also, never judge people by the color of their skin or their language.

Two schools become one...

Mrs. Nelson's book won the Georgia Book Award Nominee for grades 4-8 books a few years back. I had the opportunity to hear her speak at the Children's Literature Conference in Athens, Georgia and to speak to her personally. She is an extremely nice person. This was a good book at our school at the time (1997-98) because our 4th and 5th grades were merging with 4th & 5th grades from two other schools to make a new elem. school.

Dealing with racial issues in children and schools

Hi! I am a student at Elizabethtown College. I had the opportunity to read Mayfield Crossing by Vaunda Nelson for my children's literature class. I loved this book!! I think it is a great book for all children to read. It looks on both sides of dealing with racism in school. It is the story of a girl who loves playing baseball. She is moving to a new school for the upcoming school year. Of course she is excited about the move because it means going to the new school with the brand-new ball field. The night before they go to sleep before their first day of school, Billie(Meg's brother) and Meg are both warned about how they might not be welcomed at their new school. Neither really understand what their parents are talking about until they go into school the next day. They quickly realize that almost all the children are white and they are not welcome to play baseball because they are black. They do not let this small bump get into their way of playing baseball and doing well in school. It is a story that proves it does not matter what color you are, you can accomplish whatever you want if you put your mind to it. I would definately recommend this book for classroom use!!