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MIDDLE GRADE SCIENCE 2011 HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS:STUDENT EDITION (Interactive Science) | The Islands at the End of the World | The Cure for Dreaming | Haroun and the Sea of Stories | Up from the Sea | I Am Malala | Dispatches from Pluto | Clive Barker's the Thief of Always | The 8th Continent
âTaylor Kitchingâs rousing debut puts you right on the fifty-yard line of a vital historical moment.â âChris Grabenstein, New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncelloâs Library
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Perfect for readers of Christopher Paul Curtisâs Bud, Not Buddy and Vince Vawterâs Paperboy, Yard War explores race relations during the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of a boy who accidentally sets off a âyard warâ when he invites his maidâs son to play football on his front lawn.
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Trip Westbrook has spent his first twelve years far from the struggle for civil rights going on in Mississippi. The one black person he knows well is Willie Jane, the family maid, who has been a second mother to him. When Trip invites her son, Dee, to play football in the yard, he discovers the ugly side of his smiling neighbors. Tripâs old pals stop coming by. He is bullied, his house is defaced, and his family is threatened. The Westbrooks will be forced to choose between doing the right thing or losing the only home Trip has ever known. Who knew that playing football in the yard could have such consequences? This engaging, honest, and hopeful novel is full of memorable characters, and brings the civil rightsâera South alive for young readers.
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âTrip is a fine character. 1964 Mississippi leaps to life in this book.â âGennifer Choldenko, Newbery Honor winning author of Al Capone Does My Shirts
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âA captivating story about standing up for your friends. I loved seeing Trip learn how hard it can be to do the right thing.â âKristin Levine, author of The Lions of Little Rock and The Paper Cowboy
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âTripâs journey is a sensitive account about how one person can slowly make a difference.â âBooklist
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âA challenging but worthwhile portrait of a very difficult period in American history.â âSLJ
About: âTaylor Kitchingâs rousing debut puts you right on the fifty-yard line of a vital historical moment.
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