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| Genre/Form: | Proofs (Printing) Juvenile fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Donna Jo Napoli |
| ISBN: | 9780385908917 0385908911 9780385746540 0385746547 0553494171 9780553494174 |
| OCLC Number: | 230729305 |
| Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
| Description: | 280 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Donna Jo Napoli. |
Abstract:
Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.
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