Witness - Softcover

"This lyrical novel powerfully records waves of change and offers insightful glimpses into the hearts of victims, their friends and their enemies." - Publishers Weekly

"Remarkable and powerful . . . a thoughtful look at people and their capacity for love and hate.." - School Library Journal

"Add this to the Holocaust curriculum, not because every racial incident means genocide, but because the book will spark discussion about how such a thing can happen even now." Booklist, starred review
"What Copeland created with music, and Hopper created with paint, Hesse deftly and unerringly creates with words." -- Kirkus Reviews

An intricately woven story of prejudice, poverty, hope, and absolution details a small town in Vermont in 1924 that is ruled by the Ku Klux Klan, where two girls, one black and one Jewish, are tormented by racism and hate, and as race relations become volatile, unlikely heroes emerge. Teacher's Guide available. Reprint.