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My year in the middle
(2018)
By: Weaver, Lila Quintero

Fiction

Book

Call Numbers:
Y/FICTION/WEAVER,L

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Fiction Y/FICTION/WEAVER,L Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018
©2018
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

268 pages ; 21 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780763692315, 076369231X
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

It is 1970 in Red Grove, Alabama, and at Lu Olivera's school the white kids and black kids sit on different sides of the classroom. Six-grader Lu just wants to get along with everyone, but growing racial tensions will not let Lu stay neutral about the racial divide in school. Her old friends have been changing lately--acting boy crazy and making snide remarks about Lu's newfound talent for running track. Lu's secret hope for a new friend is fellow runner Belinda Gresham, but blacks and whites don't mix. Will Lu find the gumption to stand up for what's right? And find friends who will stand with her?

Age 8-12

720L

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