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Buckaroo

Betty Traylor

1999196 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1999
first published
  • 1999Delacorte Press · 196 pages · ENGISBN 9780385326377
  • 2000Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaISBN 9780606200394
  • 2001Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613323529
  • 2000Yearling · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9780440416210

When eleven-year-old Preston moves to Cotton Patch, Arkansas in 1958, he deals with the death of his mother, the reality of segregation, and the meaning of friendship.

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Written forMiddle grade

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  • Racismmoderateunreviewed
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