Sources of light by Margaret Mcmullan

          In  1962, a year after Sam's dad died who  was a war hero and Sam and her mother must move, along with their very opinionated views, to Jackson, Mississippi, and they don't  fit in. People like the McLemores fear that Sam, her mother, and her mother's artist friend, Perry, are in the South to shake up the dividing lines between black and white and blur it. As all this is happening Sam learns to focus to bring all the bad things out.
        The author develops this idea by really making you feel and showing examples of how it would be like to be a teenager at this time. It also shows the struggle of her and her mom and others and what they went though just to try to help. It shows Sam's growth though out the book.