My year in the middle, Lila Quintero Weaver
Type
Label
My year in the middle, Lila Quintero Weaver
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
My year in the middle
Oclc number
1042812053
Responsibility statement
Lila Quintero Weaver
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 4.6, 7.0, Accelerated Reader Quiz #197988.Lexile, 720L.F&P, W.
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?
Target audience
juvenile
Creator
Subject
- Segregation in education -- United States -- Fiction
- Immigrant children -- United States -- Fiction
- Schools -- Fiction
- Segregation in education -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Noirs américains + Droits + Histoire -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Alabama -- Juvenile fiction
- Argentines -- United States -- Fiction
- Écoles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Civil rights movements + History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Racism -- Fiction
- Racism against Black people -- Juvenile fiction
- Écoles moyennes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Argentines -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Civil rights movements + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Ségrégation en éducation -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Alabama -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Années soixante-dix (Vingtième siècle) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Athlètes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Children's stories
- Enfants immigrants -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Amitié -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Track and field athletes -- Juvenile fiction
- Immigrant children -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- Fiction
- Track and field athletes -- Fiction
- Middle schools -- Fiction
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme + Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Nineteen seventies -- Juvenile fiction
- Junior
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- Juvenile fiction
Content
Author
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- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject35
- Segregation in education -- United States -- Fiction
- Immigrant children -- United States -- Fiction
- Schools -- Fiction
- Segregation in education -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Noirs américains + Droits + Histoire -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Alabama -- Juvenile fiction
- Argentines -- United States -- Fiction
- Écoles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Civil rights movements + History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Racism -- Fiction
- Racism against Black people -- Juvenile fiction
- Écoles moyennes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Argentines -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Civil rights movements + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Ségrégation en éducation -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Alabama -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Années soixante-dix (Vingtième siècle) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Athlètes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Children's stories
- Enfants immigrants -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Amitié -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Track and field athletes -- Juvenile fiction
- Immigrant children -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- Fiction
- Track and field athletes -- Fiction
- Middle schools -- Fiction
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme + Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Nineteen seventies -- Juvenile fiction
- Junior
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- Juvenile fiction
- Content2
- Author1
- Mapped to1