Stella by Starlight

By: Keke, Ella, Emily, Olivia, Megan, and Aubrey

Aubrey's page

Stella was walking to Carolyn's house when she saw smoke in the sky. It was the Spencers house! Their house was on fire! She sprinted to their house, other naighbors were already racing out of their homes with buckets to go help. Randy went to Mrs. Malone and told her to call the fire house. When she called they said they were too busy and just laughed at her. The whole naiborhood helped even a few white people helped. There were two lines of people that streched all the way out to the river. They took buckets and filled them up in the river. Then they passed the buckets through the line and dumped them on the house.

Hazel's Hidey-Hole
By:Olivia

Back in the classroom, while the children had to write books for the Carolina Times, Hazel, one of the Spencers had asked Stella how to draw a hidey-hole. Hazel had asked this question because this was her favorite quite place to go and escape everybody. Soon, after the Sepencers house began to be burnt down by the KKK, Hazel decided to run into the forest and slip into her "Hidey-hole". Everybody was frantic to find Hazel. At the time Stella had rembered what Hazel had told her earlier in class that day so she ran past the fire and into the forest to find Hazel. When Stella had found Hazel everyone was overjoyed and so proud of Stella. Stella's father let the Spencers stay in their grandmothers house and everyone in the community gave a little gift to the Spencers. The next day Stella had church, at Church Pastor Patton thanked Stella for saving Hazel and they song and danced to show the children how much they meant to their parents.

Keke's Page- The Almost Drowning

Stella went out for a late night walk. Then she suddenly she heard a scream she followed the voice. As Stella walked toward the scream she tripped on a pair of shoes. Then, Stella reached the pond and saw a person drowning. Stella took off her jacket and jumped in. She grabbed the person and swam to her. then Stella swam her to shore. As Stella pulled herself to shore next to the girl she realized it was Paulette (the daughter of the white doctor that refused to give her the antivenom who also had the piercing green eyes). Then Stella started to agrilly tell Paulette that her dad was in the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). After Stella finished talking Paulette said that she knew that he was in the KKK because she watched her mother iron it every week.

Voting
by Megan

Before they could vote, Stella's dad , Mr. Spencer, and Pastor Patton registered to vote at the Board of Elections. The registrar was reluctant to let them register to vote. He made them take a test and pay a fee. While they were taking the test, two white men came in. The registrar didn't make them take a test, or pay a fee. All they had to do was sign their name. Because they didn't pay anything, Stella's dad, Pastor Patton, and Mr. Spencer had to pay 2 whole dollars, covering their fees, as well as the white men's. On voting day, Stella's dad, Mr. Spencer, and Pastor Patton went to vote since they had registered. As they walked there, people from all over town, both black and white, joined their procession. The sheriff stopped them for a few minutes, then let them inside the polling place. It took them 20 minutes to vote.

Mama Got Bitten by a Snake!
By Emily

Towards the end of the book, on pages 247-292, Mama gets bitten by a snake, and Stella finds her in the woods. Stella thinks fast while JoJo gets Papa, and gets a blanket to wrap her wound after she pours cold water on it. When Papa came he told Stella to get Dr. Packard, the white doctor, since the black doctor was out of town. When Stella went to get the white doctor, he wouldn't accept her in because he was only treating white patients, even though Mama could have died from that snake bite. Luckily, someone went and got the black doctor, and Mama was saved!