| Jane S. Woodard |
| Doo-Dah Day! by Jane S. Woodard Doo-Dah Day! is the story of a friendship between two twelve-year-olds, a white boy and a black girl in the midst of racial turmoil. These children are caught in the violence of political change in 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina, during the only coup d’`etat to take place in the United States. The reader sees the political upheaval of this historic event through the eyes of innocence and feels the horror of injustice stemming from the long hidden past. Doo-Dah Day! delights the reader with colorful characters such as Isolda, the lady lion tamer; Pardee, an idiot savant who can play any musical piece after hearing it once; a mayor who always wears white gloves (even in his bathrobe); and, the irrepressible Tally Jo, the elfin crippled child who will win your heart with her joyous spirit. Doo-Dah Day! will make you laugh and cry. It will outrage you at the massacre of innocent people. Finally, it will fill you with hope for the lives of those you will come to love. |
