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

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Was it The Watson's go to Birmingham?

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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!
>
>
> Happily Ever After,
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>
> *Karrie Fisher*
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> Photography Teacher
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