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Author:

Latham, Irene.

Title:

Leaving Gee's Bend / Irene Latham.

Publisher:

G.P. Putnam's Sons,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

230 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

African American girls--Juvenile fiction.
People with visual disabilities--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Quilting--Juvenile fiction.
Quilts--Juvenile fiction.
Alabama--History--1819-1950--Juvenile fiction.
African American girls--Fiction.
People with visual disabilities--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Quilting--Fiction.
Quilts--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Alabama--History--1819-1950--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-227).

Summary:

Ludelphia Bennett, a determined, ten-year-old African American girl in 1932 Gee's Bend, Alabama, leaves home in an effort to find medical help for her sick mother, and she recounts her ensuing adventures in a quilt she is making.

ISBN:

0399251790
9780399251795

OCLC:

(OCoLC)316772104

LCCN:

2009008732

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)