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Author:

Kravitz, Danny, 1970- author.

Title:

Tommy McKnight and the great election / by Danny Kravitz.

Publisher:

Stone Arch Booksa Capstone imprint,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

89 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Poliomyelitis--Patients--Juvenile fiction.
Bullying--Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction.
Elections--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Junior high schools--New York--New York--Juvenile fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--Juvenile fiction.
United States--History--1919-1933--Juvenile fiction.
Poliomyelitis--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Bullying--Fiction.
Self-confidence--Fiction.
Elections--Fiction.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.--(Franklin Delano),--1882-1945--Fiction.
Junior high schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--Fiction.
United States--History--1919-1933--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

In autumn 1932 Tommy McKnight, a twelve-year-old boy disabled by polio, and bullied at school for his disability--but inspired by Franklin Roosevelt's story and his campaign for the presidency, decides to run for the seventh grade class presidency at his Brooklyn school.

Series:

Connect. Presidential politics

ISBN:

1496526821
9781496526823 (pbk.)
149652585X
9781496525857 (library binding)

LCCN:

2015045042

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)