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Zora and Me by T.R. Simon and Victoria Bond follows best friends Zora Neale Hurston and Carrie Brown in the all-Black town of Eatonville, Florida, around the turn of the 20th century. After a young man named Sonny is killed by an alligator, Zora spins a tale suggesting a local man, Mr. Pendir, can transform into an alligator. As the girls investigate strange occurrences, they uncover harsh truths about their community and the reality of life under Jim Crow laws. The book discusses enslavement and anti-Black racism, including lynching, in the Jim Crow South.