The Pool Is Closed Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim | Hannah S. Palmer (Author) Teen & Young Adult Literature & Fiction Or a saint

Or a saint

Two squirrel best friends meet their match: a donut food truck

and ultimately

capturing the kick and sweetness of her title with her words

The Pool Is Closed Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim | Hannah S. Palmer (Author) Teen & Young Adult Literature & Fiction Or a saintIn 2018, while teaching her kids to swim and working on urban river restoration projects, Hannah S. Palmer began a journal of social encounters with water. As she found herself dangling her feet in a seemingly all white swimming pool, she started to worry about how her young sons would learn to swim. Would they grow up accustomed to the stubbornly segregated pools of Atlanta? Was it safe for them to wade in creeks laced with urban runoff or dive into