My year in the middle
Title
:
My year in the middle
Personal Author EPSB
:
Lila Quintero, Weaver
Summary
:
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?
Year Published
:
2018
Physical Description
:
268 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition
:
First edition.
Subject
:
Nineteen seventies -- Fiction.
Segregation in education -- United States -- Fiction.
Immigrant children -- United States -- Fiction.
Argentines -- United States -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Fiction.
Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Track and field athletes -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Middle schools -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Alabama -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
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?
ISBN
:
9780763692315
9781536213171
9781338610727
Publisher
:
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
©2018
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Westbrook | F WEA | Book | 30197000217644 | Historical Fiction |