Lost Goat Lane /
Jordan, Rosa, 1939- , author.
Lost Goat Lane / Rosa Jordan. - Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005, c2004. - 197 pages ; 22 cm
In Florida, Kate, Justin, and Chip Martin spend a long, hot summer running their farm while their mother works. When Kate's goat runs away, it ends up at the home of a black couple, the Wilsons, who make the children feel a part of their family. Kate learns a lot about herself, her family, and prejudice, while the Martins deal with possibly losing their home, their dog being eaten by an alligator, and a hurricane. Some violence.
Grades 5-8. Middle grade.
1550419323 9781550419320
20059005149
Poor families--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
FICTION / General.
F JOR
Lost Goat Lane / Rosa Jordan. - Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005, c2004. - 197 pages ; 22 cm
In Florida, Kate, Justin, and Chip Martin spend a long, hot summer running their farm while their mother works. When Kate's goat runs away, it ends up at the home of a black couple, the Wilsons, who make the children feel a part of their family. Kate learns a lot about herself, her family, and prejudice, while the Martins deal with possibly losing their home, their dog being eaten by an alligator, and a hurricane. Some violence.
Grades 5-8. Middle grade.
1550419323 9781550419320
20059005149
Poor families--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
FICTION / General.
F JOR