Yard War
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2015]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 216 pages ; 22 cm
Twelve-year-old Trip Westbrook lives in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964 and discovers the underlying racism in his family and neighborhood when he invites his maid's son Dee to play football in the yard.
Subjects:
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Football stories -- Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Mississippi -- Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen sixties -- Juvenile fiction.
Jackson (Miss.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Football stories -- Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Mississippi -- Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen sixties -- Juvenile fiction.
Jackson (Miss.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 770L
ISBN:
9780553507539 (trade)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Kitchings | Ballentine Indoors | Children's Fiction | In |