Molino,+Morgan

 **~ ****Plot ****S ****u ****mmary~ **  The Help is a book that takes place back in 1962 in Jackson, Mississippi. Skeeter Phelan is a young woman who is trying to navigate her way through adulthood and finding her place in the world. She discovers how horribly mistreated black people are in the south and this sparks an interest. She wants to write a book, featuring interviews of a group of black maids known as "The Help", about their experiences working with various people in jackson. Two of these maids are Aibileen and Minny who know first hand how it feels to be a maid in this time period. They help Skeeter and eventually write a book. You will have to read the book to see what happens next!



**~About the Author~ ** Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She was raised by a african american domestic worker, which is probobly where she got the idea for //The Help//. Then, she attended the University of Alabama. She majored in english and creative writing. After college, it took five years and 60 rejection letters before she found her agent Susan Ramer. Soon, her debut album //The Help// spent 100 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, was published in 35 different countries and three languages.


 * ~Other Works by Kathryn Stockett~ **Kathryn has not written any other novels!

http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-25-spring-2004/brown-v-board-timeline-school-integration-us
 * ~Social Issue **** Relevance~ **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;"> The biggest issue in this story is desegregation. Desegregation means that you incorporate a racial or religious group into a community. Back in 1940, 40% of northerners and 2% of southerners believed that blacks and whites should attend the same school **.** The blacks were tired of being mistreated, so they protested with the Montgomery Bus boycott and the Greensboro Sit-ins. Influential people of this movement were Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and Malcom X. Did you know that 25,000 people marched for integration back in 1959? For more information on desegregation, go to:

<span style="color: #ff6700; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Aibileen**
 * <span style="color: #0393db; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">~Dramatization of the book~ **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Aibileen is very smart, so I think Oprah Winfrey, who is also very smart, would be a good Aibileen.


 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Minny **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Minny is not afraid to speak her mind with attitude, so I think she is just like Whoopi Goldberg.

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 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Skeeter **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Emma Stone plays Skeeter in the movie, and I think she is the perfect actress for Skeeter.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Hi! My name is Morgan Molino! I am 14 years old. I live with my parents and my two sisters Emme and Samantha. For fun, I play volleyball, hangout with friends and bake.At school I am on the renaissance action team, I play volleyball and I am in the freshman girls choir!! <span style="color: #ff217a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%; height: 185px; width: 226px;">
 * <span style="color: #ff6700; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">~About the Reader~ **