It's Test Day, Tiger Turcotte
Illustrator
Amy Wummer
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Publication Year
2004
ISBN
9781575056708
Pages
72 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Already so worried about the big second grade test that his stomach is upset, seven-year-old Tiger Turcotte, whose parents are Black, Meherrin Indian, and Hispanic, gets stuck on the question about race.
Grade Level
3-5
Lexile Measure
590L
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Multiracial; Interracial; multiracial child; interracial parents
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Black / Hispanic / Native American
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
28 Days Later,2012 The Brown Bookshelf
Best Children's Books of the Year,2004 Bank Street College of Education
Children's Choices,2005 International Reading Association
Delaware Diamonds, 2006-2007
Nominee Delaware
Keywords
race awareness; school; test; tigers; anxiety; bad day; standardized test; lucky pencils
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Flood, Pansie Hart, "It's Test Day, Tiger Turcotte" (2004). Diverse Families. 592.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/592