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Alligator bayou
By Napoli, Donna Jo
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2009
Gr 8-Up Building on her extensive research conducted after reading a newspaper article about the lynching of Sicilian grocers in Tallulah, LA, in 1899, Napoli presents a moving, sobering story about an aspect of American immigration that is probably unknown to most readers. After his mother's death, 14-year-old Calogero leaves his bustling Sicilian home for the sleepy southern town to help his uncles and younger cousin run their grocery store. White customers expect to be served before blacks and make their displeasure angrily apparent when the Sicilians fail to do so. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Napoli reveals a disturbing pocket of American history through the eyes of Calogero, a fourteen-year-old Sicilian immigrant in 1899...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
