My year in the middle
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Author
Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
268 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Status
Description
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Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 4.6, 7 Points
Level 4.6, 7 Points
Lexile measure
720
Notes
Description
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?
Target Audience
Age 8-12.
Target Audience
720L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,4.6,7,197988.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,3.8,7,197988.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Alabama -- Juvenile fiction.
Argentines -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrant children -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen seventies -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Segregation in education -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Track and field athletes -- Juvenile fiction.
Alabama -- Juvenile fiction.
Argentines -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrant children -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen seventies -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Segregation in education -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Track and field athletes -- Juvenile fiction.
Other Subjects
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Fiction.
Argentines -- United States -- Fiction.
Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Immigrant children -- United States -- Fiction.
Middle schools -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
Segregation in education -- United States -- Fiction.
Track and field athletes -- Fiction.
Argentines -- United States -- Fiction.
Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Immigrant children -- United States -- Fiction.
Middle schools -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
Segregation in education -- United States -- Fiction.
Track and field athletes -- Fiction.