Awards and HonorsAmazon.com Best Books of the Year 2013: Ages 9-12: Middle Graders; 2014 Newbery Medal Honor Book; ALA 2014 Notable Children’s Books, Older Readers; Booklist Top Ten Books for Youth, Historical Fiction; 2014 IRA Teachers’ Choices, Advanced Readers
Memphis, 1959: Delivering newspapers forces a boy who stutters to communicate with his neighbors, including a beautiful drunk and a wise merchant marine. Author's note, with black-and-white photograph.
Topics Stuttering. Newspaper carriers. Interpersonal relations. Self-esteem. Race relations. Family life. Memphis, Tennessee. Twentieth-century history.
Lexile 940L
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Publication date 2013-05-13
JLG Release Date Feb 2015
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
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