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Author:

Flake, Sharon, author.

Title:

Unstoppable Octobia May / Sharon G. Flake.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

276 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

African American girls--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Southern States--Juvenile fiction.
Boardinghouses--Southern States--Juvenile fiction.
Racism--Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Southern States--History--1951---Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Boardinghouses--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Secrets--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Southern States--History--1951---Fiction.
Mystery fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

In 1953 ten-year-old Octobia May lives in her Aunt's boarding house in the South, surrounded by an African American community which has its own secrets and internal racism, and spends her days wondering if Mr. Davenport in room 204 is really a vampire--or something else entirely.

ISBN:

0545609615
9780545609616
0545609623
9780545609623
0545609607
9780545609609

LCCN:

2014003496

Locations:

WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)