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Yard war
Author: Kitchings, Taylor

Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (2015)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 216 p., 21 cm.

BTSB No: 521438

ISBN: 9780553507539

Ages: 8-12

Grades: 3-7

Subjects:
Racism -- Fiction
Race relations -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Football -- Fiction
Neighbors -- Fiction
Family life -- Mississippi -- Fiction
Nineteen sixties -- Fiction
Jackson (Miss.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction

Price: $6.55

Summary:
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.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 4.80
   Points: 7.0   Quiz: 175802

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 4.70
   Points: 13.0   Quiz: 66644

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (07/01/15)
   School Library Journal (00/06/15)
   Booklist (07/01/15)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/12/15)

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