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- Book Summary: The book starts off with Zora and her friend Carrie being eyewitnesses to a man being killed by an alligator called Ghost. As a great storyteller, Zora expresses her emotions to her classmates and neighbors as she recall the events that happen around town. Zora is drawn prove that she knows who killed a man named Ivory. The only set back is that people aren't sure if they should believe Zora's stories or not. Based on the childhood memories of Zora Neale Huston, this tale has mystery and adventure about a young girl and her friends in a small town.
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- Impressions: The authors of Zora and Me did a great job with giving detail of the adventures and mystery that happens throughout the story. For example, when Teddy expressed that he had a secret, I was drawn in with anticipation of what the secret was (a mother and her pack of baby razorbacks). I also enjoyed Zora's love for life. She treated trees and flowers like human beings and appreciated their place in the world. I believe this is why Zora took it personal to find Ivory's killer. The friendship Zora, Carrie, and Teddy shared was also inspiring. Children and young adults can learn and appreciate the example of friendship that the three friends shared.
- Professional Review: What better way to celebrate local language than through the creation of a children's novel featuring folklorist and author Zora Neal Hurston? Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon portrays a fictionalized Hurston as a precocious and highly imaginative truth-stretching fourth grader (T.S. 2011).
- Library Uses: This book can be used to help students tell and retell a story. Zora can be used as an example to show students how to use detail to write and tell a story.
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