Mountains to Climb

Authors

Richard M. Wainwright

Illustrator

Jack Compton

Publisher

Family Life Publishing

Publication Year

1991

ISBN

9780961956639

Pages

57 pages

Genre

realism

Format

picture book

Item Type

Fiction

Annotation

Roberto spends two years in the U.S. with his one-eyed llama and overcomes prejudice against him and two physically disabled students.

Grade Level

K-3

Diversity Topics

Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Kinship care; Race discrimination; Physcial disability; uncle raising nephew; prejudice; blind; acquired limb difference/amputation

Main Character

male teenager

Race/Ethnicities

South American

Family Formation

mother, father, and uncle

Keywords

llama; hiking; new school; moving to another country; bullying; camping

Diversity Impact

direct

STARS Citation

Wainwright, Richard M., "Mountains to Climb" (1991). Diverse Families. 1542.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1542