02956cam a2200577 4500 533624826 ER5 20210917120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780763699833 0763699837 f494c638-12dd-421a-8897-f8cb812b1cca OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4002926 OverDrive (Product ID) ER5 Weaver, Lila Quintero. My Year in the Middle [Libby eBook]. Candlewick Press, 2018. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2865kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 2865kB. standing up for what's right. doing the right thing. racial tensions. George Wallace. making friends. Racial Divide. middle school. running track. 1970s alabama. latinx kidlit. middle grade. school story. segregation. sixth grade. Adolescence. #ownvoices. running. courage. cliques. racism. kidlit. track. 1970s. wndb. HTML:<p><b>In a racially polarized classroom in 1970 Alabama, Lu's talent for running track makes her a new best friend — and tests her mettle as she navigates the school's social cliques.</b></p> <p><i>Miss Garrett's classroom is like every other at our school. White kids sit on one side and black kids on the other. I'm one of the few middle-rowers who split the difference.</i></p> <p>Sixth-grader Lu Olivera just wants to keep her head down and get along with everyone in her class. Trouble is, Lu's old friends have been changing lately — acting boy crazy and making snide remarks about Lu's newfound talent for running track. Lu's secret hope for a new friend is fellow runner Belinda Gresham, but in 1970 Red Grove, Alabama, blacks and whites don't mix. As segregationist ex-governor George Wallace ramps up his campaign against the current governor, Albert Brewer, growing tensions in the state — and in the classroom — mean that Lu can't stay neutral about the racial divide at school. Will she find the gumption to stand up for what's right and to choose friends who do the same?</p>. Juvenile Literature. Historical Fiction. Juvenile Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-16 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f494c638-12dd-421a-8897-f8cb812b1cca&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f494c638-12dd-421a-8897-f8cb812b1cca&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)