Starting in September, we read a book called Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor. Due to the dark content and usage of derogatory words, the group of students had to have a mature mindset to read this book. This book gave students insight into the unjust segregation and racism from the time period. In addition, this book was difficult because of the language and slang that was used. Over the course of five weeks, students read independently, recorded characters, looked up words they did not understand, and retained information about the plot. Discussions formulated the lessons, with guided questions. This strengthened reading comprehension skills for all students. In addition to focusing on reading comprehension and digging deeper into the book, we tied Mississippi Bridge to real life historical events. We focused on including the Bus Boycott of Montgomery and the story of Rosa Parks. Specific skills learned included working with Venn Diagrams to compare characters, working on grabbing evidence from the text, as well as creating a plot map to distinguish the elements of the story. Students learned that the story had an exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. By using evidence from the text, students were able to conclude this book club by creating a timeline of the book’s major events by using quotes from the book.