Awards and Honors2016 Edgar Awards Nominee, Best Juvenile
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Middle Grade Fiction
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Historical Fiction
Brooklyn, 1951: Who started the rumor that Pete's dad is a Communist? And why? Pete thinks the claim is false, but if so, why does the FBI want to talk to him? Author's note.
Topics Communism. Families. Spying and spies. Brooklyn, New York. Twentieth-century U.S. history.
Lexile 550L
Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2015-03-09
JLG Release Date Apr 2015
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)
For Grades 6-8
This collection features fiction titles selected for older middle school readers who are ready for longer, more layered stories that explore growing independence and changing perspective. Selections include realistic and speculative fiction with increased emotional and narrative complexity, offering stories that look beyond immediate experience and invite readers to engage with broader questions about identity, belonging, and the world around them.