Liberty

Liberty

Kirby Larson

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Publication Year

2016

ISBN

9780545840736

Pages

221 pages

Genre

historical

Format

novel

Item Type

Fiction

Annotation

In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much older than the two children.

Grade Level

6-8

Lexile Measure

640L

Diversity Topics

Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Legal guardianship; Military families; Race discrimination; Interracial; Physical disability; Illness; grandparents raising grandchild; grandmother raising granddaughter; sister raising brother; parent in the military; father int he military; race relations; interracial friendship; mobility; polio

Main Character

male child

Race/Ethnicities

Black (African American) / White

Family Formation

sister; grandmother

Awards

Best Children's Books of the Year, 2017 Ages (9 to 12)
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2017 Grades 3-5

Keywords

World War II; thunderstorm; dog; inventions; New Orleans; engineering; prisoner of war

Diversity Impact

indirect

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