Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
New York Atheneum Books for Young Readers [2015]
Description
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
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Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2017)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2017)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2018)
Audie Award (Finalist — Middle Grade — 2016)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2017)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 4-8 — 2017)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2018)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2017)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2018)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2018)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2018)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 2017)
Ohioana Book Award (Finalist — Middle Grade & Young Adult Literature — 2016)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Honor Book — 2016)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2018)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2018)
Iowa Children's Choice Award (Nominee — 2018)
North Carolina Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2017)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (Elementary — 2025)
Rhode Island Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2017)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-6 — 2017)
Horace Mann Upstanders Award (Winner — 2016)
Skipping Stones Honor Award (2016)
Lectio Book Award (Nominee — 2017)
Charlotte Huck Award (Winner — 2016)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nominee — 2016)
CCBC Choices (2016)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle Grades — 2017)
Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Junior — 2016)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (North Carolina)
Nerdy Book Award (Middle Grade Fiction — 2015)
Notable Children's Book (Middle Readers — 2016)
Teacher Favorites Award (2016)
Idaho Battle of the Books (2018)
El día de los niños / El día de los libros (3-5 — 2016)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2015)