Lunch Box Dream
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780374346737
Pages
178 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Told from multiple points of view, a white family on a 1959 road trip between Ohio and Florida, visiting Civil War battlefields along the way, crosses paths with a black family near Atlanta, where one of their children has gone missing.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
800L
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Race discrimination; racism; segregation
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
Black (African American) / White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2011, Nominee, Fiction Middle Grade
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2012
Keywords
automobile travel; Civil War history; family life; missing children; race relations; Southern states; historical sites
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Abbott, Tony, "Lunch Box Dream" (2011). Diverse Families. 601.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/601