Scholastic Press published another novel by Scattergood called The Way to Stay in Destiny in 2015. Scattergood lived in Mississippi during Freedom Summer, and although she didn’t experience everything she writes about in her book, it inspired her to write Glory Be. The setting is Hanging Moss, Mississippi, during in June of 1964. It is the story of a young girl named Gloriana June Hemphill. Her first novel (a book intended for middle-grade students) is entitled Glory Be. Petersburg Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Highlights, Mississippi Magazine, and other publications.” She now writes full-time.

Her reviews and articles have appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Delta Magazine, the St. Petersburg, Florida, in the winter and Madison, New Jersey, during the summers.Īccording to her web site, “Former librarian and children’s book reviewer Augusta Scattergood has devoted her life and career to getting books into the hands of young readers. She has lived in many states: Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, California, and Florida. Because she always wanted to be a librarian, she went to Simmons College School of Library Science in Boston after college. She met her husband, Jay Scattergood, at UNC. She went to Mississippi University for Women but graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with an English major. This fear causes anger and division within the town.Mary Augusta Scattergood was born in Cleveland, Mississippi. One example is that many white people in town fear what will happen if their community pool is integrated. The theme of fear comes up in more than one way throughout the novel.

Inequalityĭuring this time in the South, Black people were seen as “separate but equal”, but often not treated as such. Glory also values her friendship with Laura, even though many people thought she didn’t belong in town.

Glory goes through a lot with her best friend, Frankie and their friendship is tested in many ways. The readers learn that Robbie is courageous when they learn that he was arrested for standing up for civil rights.

One example of this is when she writes a letter to the editor of the Hanging Moss Tribune. Glory shows courage many times throughout the story. For this activity, students will identify and illustrate the themes in Glory Be. Many stories have more than one important theme. A theme is a central idea, subject, or message in a story.

Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood