Twelve-year-old Rosemary Patterson learns that she will be attending an all-white school in the fall; but when her best friend is diagnosed with polio, she must face the first day of school alone.
year: 2007, 2008
call number/section: 1000
subjects: school integration, juvenile fiction, racism, race relations, friendship, divorce, missouri, history, 20th century, juvenile fiction, fiction
Editions
McKissack, Pat
Scholastic Press (2007)
Twelve-year-old Rosemary Patterson learns that she will be attending an all-white school in the fall; but when her best friend is diagnosed with polio, she must face the first day of school alone.
Schools: 39
Pat McKissack
Scholastic Press (2008)
In 1954, when desegregation comes to Kirkland, Missouri, ten-year-old Rosemary faces many changes and challenges at school and at home as her parents separate.
Schools: 0