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The Secret Life Of Bees Book Report

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The secret life of bees is about a girl named Lily who shot and killed her mom when she was just a little girl. So for that being said she had to live with her dad T-ray whos a peach farmer in Sylvan, South Carolina, he isn't a kind person he abuses her, hits her, and punishes her for the things she does. There are many conflicts in this book, one is Rosaleen, lily and T-Ray’s maid she pours snuff on three white men's shoes while they were on their way to vote. And they attack her and beat her, and since there was segregation at this time, she gets sent to jail, but she had to go to the hospital to get treated before she went to jail, but Lily illegally bailed her out and ran to Tiburon. Rosaleen refused to apologize to her because the three
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