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Title details for Lunch-Box Dream by Tony Abbott - Available

Lunch-Box Dream

by Tony Abbott
Brian Schreier
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In this compelling novel, Golden Kite Award-winning children's author Tony Abbott explores Jim Crow laws and family strife from multiple perspectives. During the summer of 1959, Bobby and his family are visiting Civil War battlefields. Tempers flare as an accident cuts their trip short and forces them to return home by bus. On their journey, they witness a black family getting denied bus seats. In brief flashes of insight, young Bobby begins to question his assumptions about race. "Beautifully crafted and written."-Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781470331924
  • File size: 110459 KB
  • Release date: September 1, 2012
  • Duration: 03:50:07

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781470331924
  • File size: 110592 KB
  • Release date: September 1, 2012
  • Duration: 03:50:06
  • Number of parts: 4
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subjects

Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:800
Text Difficulty:3-4

In this compelling novel, Golden Kite Award-winning children's author Tony Abbott explores Jim Crow laws and family strife from multiple perspectives. During the summer of 1959, Bobby and his family are visiting Civil War battlefields. Tempers flare as an accident cuts their trip short and forces them to return home by bus. On their journey, they witness a black family getting denied bus seats. In brief flashes of insight, young Bobby begins to question his assumptions about race. "Beautifully crafted and written."-Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction