Trouble the water /

Dowell, Frances O'Roark,

Trouble the water / Frances O'Roark Dowell. - First Edition. - 278 pages ; 20 cm

"A Cailyn Dlouhy Book." "A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jacket flap.

In the segregated south of Kentucky in 1953, twelve-year-olds Callie, who is black, and Wendell, who is white, are brought together by an old dog that is clearly seeking something or someone, but they not only face prejudice, they find trouble at a haunted cabin in the woods.

Ages 9-13.

9781481424639 (hardcover) 1481424637 (hardcover) 9781481424646 (pbk.) 1481424645 (pbk.)

2014045331


Race relations--Fiction.
Segregation--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Family life--Kentucky--Fiction.
Underground Railroad--Fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Segregation--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Dogs--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Kentucky--Juvenile fiction.
Underground Railroad--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Dogs--Juvenile fiction.


Kentucky--History--20th century--Fiction.
Kentucky--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.


Historical fiction.
Historical fiction--Juvenile fiction.

JUV PZ 7 .D75455 / Tro 2016