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Belton, Sandra

The Tallest Tree

154 pp. | Greenwillow/Amistad | February, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-052749-5 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-052750-1 $17.89
(4) 4-6 Little Catfish helps with a theatrical production about African American heroes (the "tallest tree" being Paul Robeson) to inspire his rundown neighborhood. The narrative is interspersed with first-person perspectives of Little Catfish and hooligan Lamar; photographs of Robeson are also set between chapters. Though it's preachy, the story's account of efforts to improve one corner of the world is stirring. Reading list, websites.
Reviewer: Juliet S. King

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