Status
Available
Call number
DDC/MDS
| JF TAY |
Series
Publication
Puffin Books (2001), Edition: Reprint, 276 pages
Original publication date
1976
Description
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
Subjects
Language
Physical description
276 p.; 7.7 inches
ISBN
0140384510 / 9780140384512
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Children's Literature — 1977)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1979)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1978-1979)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 1977)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Coretta Scott King Award (Honor — 1977)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 1980)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 1977)
Buxtehuder Bulle (1984)
CCBC Choices (2001)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle School — 1990)
Great Reads from Great Places (Mississippi — 2002)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (Mississippi)