My year in the middle

Resource Information

The work My year in the middle represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

My year in the middle

Statement of responsibility

Lila Quintero Weaver

Creator

• Weaver, Lila Quintero

Author

• Weaver, Lila Quintero

Subject

• Argentines -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
• Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• Immigrant children -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
• JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century
• JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 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
• Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction
• Alabama -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

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?

Cataloging source

FO7

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Age 8-12

LC call number

PZ7.1.W42224

LC item number

My 2018

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

juvenile