Gold dust /

Lynch, Chris, 1962-

Gold dust / Chris Lynch. - 196 p ; 22 cm.

Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. School Library Journal, October 2000. Five Owls, June 2003. Horn Book Starred, November 2000. Publisher's Weekly, August 2000. Booklist, March 2001. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2000. Book Report, March 2001. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2000.

In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napolean, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school, hoping that Napolean will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.

6.2. 5-8.

006028174X 0060281758 (lib. bdg.) 9780060281755 9780060281748

00024348


Racism--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Caribbean Americans--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Black people--Caribbean--Fiction.


Boston (Mass.)--Fiction.
Boston (Mass.)--Fiction.


Sports stories

PZ7.L979739 / Go 2000

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