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Choldenko, Gennifer

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period

217 pp. | Harcourt | September, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-15-205753-4 $17.00
(2) 4-6 Two seventh-grade students meet outside an exclusive private school. Kirsten is white, newcomer Walker is black. Kirsten is consumed by the defection of her best friend, her parents' fighting, and her weight gain. Walker's worries revolve around his conspicuousness. Two-thirds of the way through, the book takes a sudden twist. With subtlety and insight, Choldenko explores themes of racism and wealth.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2007

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