[ISLMA-Share] Do you know this book??

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Hi Everyone,

Oh my brilliant colleagues I need your help!  I have a teacher looking for
the title of a book that a student gave a moving speech in class.  She
can't remember the title, but here's what she remembers:

   - Civil rights story
   - A kid calls another kid an ethnic slur and the word is specifically
   mentioned in the text of the story
   - There were themes of 3's involved (she can't remember what they were)
   - The book was read in many 4th grade social studies classes at the time.
   - It was a well-known book.
   - The book was published before or around 1997

​This teacher is making a speech about the importance of diversity in
schools and how​

​this particular book inspired a bi-racial child in her class to talk
eloquently about the meaning and burden the this particular word held for
him in his life.​

​Any ideas what book this could be?​  Thanks in advance!


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