Alligator Bayou
$28.80
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2010
Summary
An unforgettable novel, based on a true story, about racism against Italian Americans in the South in 1899.
Fourteen-year-old Calogero, his uncles, and his cousins are six Sicilians living in the small town of Tallulah, Louisiana, miles from any of their countrymen. They grow vegetables and sell them at their stand and in their grocery store.
Some people welcome the immigrants; most do not. Calogero’s family is caught in the middle of tensions between the black and white commu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553494174 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0553494171 |
| Author: | Donna Jo Napoli |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 231g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm x 15mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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About The Author
Donna Jo Napoli
Donna Jo Napoli is the author of many distinguished books for young readers, among them The Great God Pan, Daughter of Venice, Crazy Jack, The Magic Circle, Zel, Sirena, Breath, Bound, Stones in Water, Hush- An Irish Princess’ Tale, and, most recently for Wendy Lamb Books, The King of Mulberry Street. She has a BA in mathematics and a PhD in Romance linguistics from Harvard University and has taught widely at major universities in America and abroad. She has five children and one grandson and lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where she is a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College.
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