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This picture book takes place in Nashville, Tennessee in the 1950s, years of the Jim Crow laws.  Tricia Ann is a young black girl who is making her first trip by herself on the bus to "Someplace Special".  She remembers the way that she has learned from her grandmother, who she lives with, and gets help from her others on her journey.  Tricia gets to "Someplace Special", despite hurtful remarks made by some white people, which we learn is the public library.  One of the reasons Tricia considers the library special is because there are no Jim Crow signs there and blacks were treated with respect. The author's note page at the end of the book explains that Nashville's public library board of directors voted to integrate all of their facilities in the late 1950s.