Atty at law / Tim Lockette ; illustrations by David Wardle.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Triangle Square Books for Young Readers/Seven Stories Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781644210123
- 1644210126
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | LOCKETTE TIM | Available | 33111009768470 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Atticus Peale is desperately trying to save the life of a dog in the animal shelter where she volunteers. And an alligator in the swamp who only allegedly tried to eat a fisherman. Her father named her after his favorite character, a lawyer in a famous book, but everyone calls her Atty, and no one, except her dad, stepmom, and stepbrother, thinks she's old enough to make a legal case for those who, as Atty points out, can't speak up for themselves. She's learning some law basics from her dad, who is defending an illiterate man in town on a murder charge. But when strange occurrences begin to threaten Atty's efforts, she isn't sure which is more difficult- coming to the defense of the voiceless, countering the sideways looks she and her biracial family get in their Alabama town, or navigating the social scene of middle school. But one thing she is sure of- Jethro Gersham did not kill anyone, and she is determined to find out who did.
Full of grit, curiosity, and also all the awkwardness and anxiety that comes with turning twelve, readers will cheer for Atty's success .... and survival!
Grades 4-6. Seven Stories Press.
Atticus "Atty" Peale fights for the rights of animals, copes with having a racially-mixed family in small-town Alabama, navigates the social scene of middle school, and determines to help her father prove Jethro Gersham innocent of murder.