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INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Walter, Mildred Pitts

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109 pp. | Lothrop | October, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16547-8 $$15.00
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Teresa Flavin. Though tall, eleven-year-old Alexander Bingham doesn't like basketball; he likes to draw. He feels awkward, inept, and lonely--feelings not often expressed by a black boy in a children's book. He's helped by a caring adult, and while his transformation during the course of this short novel is too swift, the book is reassuring in its honest portrayal of his insecurities and his willingness to persevere.
Reviewer: Candelaria Silva | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1999

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