Pinkney, Andrea Davis. <br/><br/>
Bird in a box / 
by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrations by Sean Qualls. 
 - 1st pbk. ed. 
 - New York :  Little, Brown,  2012, c2011. 
 - 281 p. :  ill. ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274) and filmography (p. 274). 
<br/><br/> Wilson's Children, September 2011  Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011  School Library Journal, March 2011  Library Media Connection starred, October 2011  Kirkus Starred, March 2011  Booklist, April 2011  New York Times, April 2011  Horn Book, October 2011  Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2011  Publishers Weekly Annex, June 2011 
<br/><br/> In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes. 
<br/><br/> 4.2.  3-6  Follett Library Resources. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0316074020 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Orphanages--Fiction.<br/>Orphans--Fiction.<br/>Grief--Fiction.<br/>African Americans--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New York (State)--History--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.P6333  / Bi 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]