Ayres, Katherine.

Macaroni boy / Katherine Ayres. - New York : Dell Yearling, [2004], c2003. - 182 p. ; 20 cm.

Wilson's Children, June 2004 Wilson's Junior High School, August 2004 School Library Journal, February 2003 Booklist, January 2003 Horn Book, October 2003 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2003 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2003 Kirkus Review, December 2002

In Pittsburgh in 1933, sixth-grader Mike Costa notices a connection between several strange occurrences, but the only way he can find out the truth about what's happening is to be nice to the class bully. Includes historical facts.

6.0 5-8 Follett Library Resources



0440418844


Catholic schools--Fiction.
School stories.
Family life--Pennsylvania--Fiction.
Great Depression, 1929-1939--Fiction.
Food poisoning--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


Pittsburgh (Pa.)--History--Fiction.

PZ7.A969 / Mac 2004

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