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Abbott, Tony

Lunch-Box Dream

178 pp. | Farrar | July, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-34673-7 $16.99
(4) 4-6 In 1959, Bobby and his family (who are white) are driving from Ohio to Florida, visiting Civil War battlefields along the way. Interspersed with their story are first-person accounts from relatives of African American Jacob, who has gone missing. The two groups converge on a dramatic bus ride. Issues of racism, family, violence, and death swirl through the story, remaining primarily unresolved at the end.
Reviewer: Juliet S. King

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