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Watkins, Steve

Down Sand Mountain

327 pp. | Candlewick | October, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-3839-9 $16.99
(4) YA Dewey Turner hopes to have a normal year in seventh grade, but his simple outlook on life complicates things in mid-1960s Florida. Friendships with other outcasts in his hometown of Sand Mountain force him to consider gender, race, politics, and inequality. Though Dewey seems hopelessly naive for his age, his genuine personality makes him an endearing character.
Reviewer: Juliet S. King

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