Description
In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2004)
Monarch Award (Nominee — 2007)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2003)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2003)
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee — 2004)
Coretta Scott King Award (Honor — 2002)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2004)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 2003)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2003)
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award (Nominee — 2004)
Show Me Readers Award (Nominee — 2004)
Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award (Winner — 2003)
CCBC Choices (2001)
Great Reads from Great Places (Tennessee — 2003)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (Tennessee)