A Thousand Never Evers By Elissa Presslein

Expostion: Background:1

Jun 12, 1963

Addie Ann, a 12 year old girl, is a Negro in 1963. She lives in Mississippi, a slave state. She lives with her Mama, her brother Elias, and Uncle Bump on Old Man Adam's land.

Exposition:Setting:2

Jun 12, 1963

Kuckachoo, Mississippi
Old Man Adam's property

Exposition: Characters:3

Jun 12, 1963

Addie Ann-a black girl who is in the 6th grade, 12 years old, got the highest grade out of the entire 6th grade on her geography test
Uncle Bump-Slave, plays the harmonica, has all of Old Man Adam's keys.
Mama-Slave who runs her house
Elias-Addie Ann's older brother

Rising Action:1

Jun 16, 1963

Old Man Adam's dies and all the whites think that his land goes to just him, but it really belongs to all the people of Kuckachoo, even the blacks. He leaves his T.V. to Addie Ann!!

Rising Action:3

Jul 1, 1963

Someon burned the cross at the church after they got riled up about Medgar Evers murder.

Rising Action:2

Jul 12, 1963

Elias goes missing/ran away because he saved Saved Addie Ann's cat, Flapjack, by breaking jimmy's leg.

Rising Action:3

Jul 17, 1963

The Garden Club is made of all white people instead of having some whites and some blacks. The garden is for whites and blacks to share. The blacks don't like the way that the whites think it is just theirs.

Rising Action:5

Aug 8, 1963

When Addie Ann brings the forgoten bingo boards to Mrs. Tate, and Mrs. Tate asks her to sit down, she gets yelled at because the is "reserved" for a white.

Rising Action:8

Sep 24, 1963

Addie Ann finds herself with Mrs. Tates important secret about a childhood friend that she is writing to and doesn't want anybody else to know about. She feels like she has to tell somebody else.

Rising Action:7

Oct 15, 1963

The blacks get to the picking before the whites, the whites get really riled up; and force the blacks out of the way.

Climax/ turning point

Oct 15, 1963

THe garden is ruined because some butter rean vines grew over top of the actual garden. peole say that Uncle Bump's fualt. They say he was mad abot the whites taking over the garden.

Falling Action :1

Oct 15, 1963

Addie ann sees her brother inthe milkweed patch after he ran away atleast a month ago.

Rising Action:6

Oct 16, 1963

There is a sign for the garden picking, but blacks are not able to come until noon, while whites come at dawn.

Falling Action:2

Oct 16, 1963

The sheriff agrees to give Uncle Bump a case to see if he really deserves to be in jail.

Falling Action:3

Oct 21, 1963

Mrs. Tate goes against her own husband to prove that Uncle Bump is innoscent with a reseipt.

Falling Action:4

Oct 21, 1963

Addie Ann claims to have found some evidence. It turns out that Flapjack is really the one who found the evidence.

Resolution:1

Oct 21, 1963

UNCLE BUMP IS RELEASED FROM JAIL- INNOSCENT

Falling Action:5

Oct 26, 1963

The Tates don't want Mama and Addie Ann to work for them sinces Mrs. Tate helped Uncle Bump get out of prison.

Resolution:2

Oct 28, 1963

Elias and Uncle Bump go to Hattiesburg for work and money. (People still don't know about Elias and if he is still alive!!)

Resolutiion:3

Nov 3, 1963

There is a meeting at Old Man Adam's place to figure out what is to be plantwed onthe land. Blacks and Whites both are both able to 'go and help figure out what should be planted in the garden.!