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Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Prejudices > Juvenile fiction.
Italian Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Uncles > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Country life > Louisiana > Juvenile fiction.
Louisiana > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices > Fiction.
Italian Americans > Fiction.
Uncles > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Country life > Louisiana > Fiction.
Lynching > Fiction.
Orpans > Fiction.
Segregation > Fiction.
Louisiana > History > 19th century > Fiction.
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Summary:Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.
Physical Description:280 pages ; 22 cm.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:9780385908917 (reinforced)
0385908911 (reinforced)
9780385746540 (hardcover)
0385746547 (hardcover)