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Contributor(s): Wiles, Deborah (Author), Lagarrigue, Jerome (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 1417720603     ISBN-13: 9781417720606
Publisher: Turtleback Books
OUR PRICE: $17.34  

Binding Type: Prebound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2005
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 4-8
Grade Level: PreK-3
Lexile Measure: 600 AD (Adult Directed Text)
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 9.9" W x 9" L (0.75 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1960's
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - South
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Topical - Friendship
Features: Ikids, Illustrated
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 46086
Reading Level: 3.2   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
John Henry swims better than anyone I know.He crawls like a catfish, blows bubbles like a swamp monster, but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me.He's not allowed.Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both want to be firemen, and they both love to swim. But there's one important way they're different: Joe is white and John Henry is black, and in the South in 1964, that means John Henry isn't allowed to do everything his best friend is. Then a law is passed that forbids segregation and opens the town pool to everyone. Joe and John Henry are so excited they race each other there...only to discover that it takes more than a new law to change people's hearts.
 
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