Junebug and the Reverend

by Alice Mead
Published in 1998 by Farrar Straus and Giroux<
ISBN 0374339651

Summary: Junebug, the ten year old hero, stands up firmly for himself and learns to respect and love people, young and old, black and white, with whom he thought he had nothing in common.

"Junebug and the Reverend is a heart-warming drama of unlikely friendships and the triumph of spirit over real-life obstacles."

Awards: Sunshine State Young Readers Award 2001

Junebug - the World Premiere Play
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, Maryland
By Martha King DeSilva
Based on the book by Alice Mead
Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer
February 10 - March 25, 2007

"A World Premiere play commissioned by Imagination Stage. This adaptation of Junebug and the Reverend is a heart-warming drama of unlikely friendships and the triumph of spirit over real-life obstacles. Junebug earned his nickname back at the projects where he had a goody goody reputation and a habit of “bugging” everyone with too many questions. Now his Mom has taken a job at a retirement community promising him and his little sister a safer, happier home. But adjusting to living among old people, fighting off the bullies at his new school and, above all, finding a father figure to captain him through the difficulties of adolescence turn out to be rough sailing for our young hero."