TY - BOOK AU - Lynch,Chris TI - Gold dust SN - 006028174X AV - PZ7.L979739 Go 2000 U1 - [Fic] 21 PY - 2000///] CY - New York PB - HarperCollins KW - Racism KW - Fiction KW - Baseball KW - Friendship KW - Schools KW - Caribbean Americans KW - Black people KW - Caribbean KW - Boston (Mass.) KW - Sports stories KW - lcgft N1 - 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; 6.2; 5-8 N2 - 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 ER -