A bird on Water Street / written and illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Naperville, Illinois : Little Pickle Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 310 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781939775054
- 1939775051
- 9781492698289
- 1492698288
- Environmental degradation -- Juvenile fiction
- Miners -- Juvenile fiction
- Copper mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction
- Copper mines and mining -- Accidents -- Tennessee -- Juvenile fiction
- Copper miners -- Labor unions -- Tennessee -- Juvenile fiction
- Strikes and lockouts -- Copper mining -- Tennessee -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Tennessee -- Juvenile fiction
- Labor unions -- Juvenile fiction
- Accidents -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Tennessee -- Fiction
- Tennessee -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | DULEMBA ELIZABET | Available | 33111009660156 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When the birds return to Water Street, will anyone be left to hear them sing?
A Bird on Water Street is a coming of age story about Jack, a boy growing up in a Southern Appalachian town environmentally devastated by a century of poor copper-mining practices and pollution. Jack is opposed to the mine where so many of his relatives have died, but how can he tell that to his Dad who wants him to follow in the family trade? Jack just wants his dad safe and the land returned to its pre-mining glory with trees, birds, frogs, and nature--like he's learning about in school. After Jack's uncle is killed in a mining accident and the Company implements a massive layoff, the union organizes and the miners go on strike. It seems Jack's wish is coming true. But the cost may be the ruin of his home and everything he loves.
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"Originally published in 2014 by Little Pickle Press"--T. p. verso.
Ages 9-12.
Grades 4-6.
Thirteen-year-old Jack dreams of making life better in his hometown, Coppertown, Tennessee, where decades of mining have destroyed nearly all plant and animal life and miners' deaths are a common occurrence. Includes historical notes about Copper Hill, Tennessee and the Copper Basin region, as well as discussion questions.