01141cam a2200277 4500 93530565 TxAuBib 20120105120000.0 110726s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011283329 9780758254092 pbk. 0758254091 pbk. TxAuBib Mayhew, Anna Jean. The dry grass of August / Anna Jean Mayhew. New York : Kensington Books, 2011. 294 p. ; 21 cm. Includes Q & A with Anna Jean Mayhew (p. 285-289) and A reading group guide (p. 291-294). In 1954, 13-year-old Jubie, traveling with her family and her family's black maid Mary Luther--who has always been there for her, making up for her father's rages and her mother's neglect--encounters racial tension and tragedy. 20120105. Segregation Fiction. Racism Fiction. Teenagers Southern States Fiction. Southern States Race relations Fiction. Historical fiction.