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Author:

Kitchings, Taylor.

Title:

Yard war / Taylor Kitchings.

Edition:

1st Yearling ed. 2016.

Publisher:

A Yearling Book,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

216 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Racism--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Football stories.
Neighbors--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Mississippi--Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen sixties--Juvenile fiction.
Jackson (Miss.)--History--Juvenile fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Football--Fiction.
Neighbors--Fiction.
Family life--Mississippi--Fiction.
Nineteen sixties--Fiction.
Jackson (Miss.)--History--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Football--Fiction.
Neighbors--Fiction.
Family life--Mississippi--Fiction.
Nineteen sixties--Fiction.
Jackson (Miss.)--History--Fiction.

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.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal, June 2015
Booklist, July 2015
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2015
Kirkus Review, July 2015
School Library Journal
Booklist
Bulletin (Center for Children's books)

ISBN:

1518122361
9781518122361
0553507567
9780553507560

Locations:

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)