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The Liberation of Gabriel King
By Going, K. L.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39923-991-5
- Publisher
- Putnam
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2005
Gr 4-7 In a small town in Georgia in 1976, Gabe King, who is white, and his friend Frita Wilson, who is African American, take on a special project. Gabe is determined not to go to fifth grade in the fall, in the -big kids - wing of the school where he will be one of the smallest students and at the mercy of bullies Duke Evans and Frankie Carmen. Frita, however, has determined to use the summe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2005
A feel-good Southern coming-of-age story places possibly the wimpiest boy in the history of recent literature at a crossroads in history. The year is 1976, and a peanut farmer from Georgia is running for president. Fellow Georgian Gabriel King is aware of this, but he's mostly concerned with his immediate universe and all the dangers therein: spiders, basements, bullies, his best friend Frita's older...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
