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The Liberation of Gabriel King Paperback - 2007
by Going, K. L
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- Paperback
Set in 1976 Georgia, this is the poignant story of Gabriel, a white boy who is afraid of everything; his best friend Frita, the only black girl in school; and the summer they learn to face down their fears.
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Details
- Title The Liberation of Gabriel King
- Author Going, K. L
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin Books, 3-29
- Date 2007-03-01
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0142407666-3-21901182
- ISBN 9780142407660 / 0142407666
- Weight 0.29 lbs (0.13 kg)
- Dimensions 7.77 x 5.17 x 0.44 in (19.74 x 13.13 x 1.12 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 780
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1970's
- Cultural Region: South
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Georgia
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects Race relations, Friendship
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Gabriel King was a born chicken. Hes afraid of spiders, corpses, loose cows, and just about everything related to the fifth grade. Gabes best friend, Frita Wilson, thinks Gabe needs some liberating from his fears. Frita knows something about being brave shes the only black kid in school in a town with an active Ku Klux Klan. Together Gabe and Frita are going to spend the summer of 1976 facing down the fears on Gabes list. But it turns out that Frita has her own list, and while shes helping Gabe confront his fears, shes avoiding the thing that scares her the most.
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- Publishers Weekly, 03/19/2007, Page 67