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.
year: 2016
call number/section: 1000
subjects: dogs, juvenile fiction, poliomyelitis, children with disabilities, families, new orleans, african american girls, new orleans (la.), history, 20th century, juvenile fiction, fiction, prisoners of war, united states, interracial friendship, world war, 1939-1945, fiction, people with disabilities, family life, african americans, race relations, friendship, new orleans (la.), historical fiction
Editions
Larson, Kirby
Scholastic Press (2016)
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.
Schools: 20
Larson, Kirby
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.
Schools: 7
Larson, Kirby
Schools: 1