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Junebug
By Mead, Alice
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37433-964-7
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1995.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1995
Gr 3-6 Junebug is the story of risks taken and goals achieved by a small nuclear family struggling against a harsh environment. Nearly 10-year-old Reeve McClain, Jr. (Junebug) says, "For my birthday wish I would like to sail a boat." Hardly an ordinary request for a black kid living in the projects of New Haven. Especially since the other big topics on the boy's mind are how to avoid the pressure to join a gang, the sense of abandonment once his 16-year-old friend flees town to escape a drug lo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
