Digging Up Trouble (Amy Hodgepodge, #6)
Illustrator
Soo Jeong
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9780448450803
Pages
112 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Amy's fourth-grade class must come up with a "green" project, they learn about community activism and fund-raising from Amy's visiting Grandmother Hodges as they raise money to help revitalize a community garden.
Grade Level
K-3; 3-5
Lexile Measure
580L
Diversity Topics
Culture/Ethnicity; Racial Diversity; Multicultural; Multiethnic; Multiracial; Interracial; multiple cultures; multicultural child; multicultural family; multiple ethnicities; multiracial child; multiracial family; interracial family; interracial parents; interracial friendship; mixed race
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Japanese; Korean) / Black (African American) / White
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
gardening; donations; charity; friendship; environment; elementary school; competition; community; fundraising; activism
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Wayans, Kim and Knotts, Kevin, "Digging Up Trouble (Amy Hodgepodge, #6)" (2010). Diverse Families. 1821.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1821