In 1960, twelve-year-old Peggy Sue and her family move to the island of Oahu, and she is finding it anything but paradise, because from the first day at school she is bullied and made fun of by the Hawaiian children, and she is worried sick about her beloved cat who is in mandatory quarantine--and then the tsunami hits Hilo where her parents have gone on business.
year: 2015
call number/section: 1000
subjects: middle schools, hawaii, juvenile fiction, bullying, bullies, ethnic relations, friendship, tsunamis, hilo, fiction, schools, hawaii, history, 1959-, juvenile fiction, fiction, school stories, historical fiction, realistic fiction
Editions
Bustard, Anne
Egmont Pub. (2015)
In 1960, twelve-year-old Peggy Sue and her family move to the island of Oahu, and she is finding it anything but paradise, because from the first day at school she is bullied and made fun of by the Hawaiian children, and she is worried sick about her beloved cat who is in mandatory quarantine--and then the tsunami hits Hilo where her parents have gone on business.
Schools: 1
Bustard, Anne
Moving from Texas to Hawaii in 1960, 12-year-old Peggy Sue faces a difficult transition when she is bulled as one of the few haole (white) students in her school.
Schools: 1