Belle Teal

Name: Belle Teal
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Ann M. Martin
ISBN: 9781470356255

Author: Ann M. Martin

Narrator: Julia Gibson

Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/18/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

In the fall of 1962, Belle Teal Harper arrives for her first day of fifth grade to find parents protesting the law that says Negro children can now attend school with whites. Most of her classmates don't even want to sit near Darryl, the shy new black boy in her class. But as Belle Teal gradually gets to know him, she can't understand what all the fuss is about. Belle Teal is a 2002 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People and a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2001.

About Ann M. Martin

Ann M. Martin is the author of the novels Belle Teal, A Corner of the Universe (winner of the Newbery Honor), Here Today, and A Dog’s Life, as well as the Doll People novels (written with Laura Godwin and illustrated by Brian Selznick); the novels P.S. Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More, written with Paula Danziger, and the Baby-Sitters Club and Main Street series. Ann lives in upstate New York with her beloved dog, Sadie, whose mother was a stray, and several rescued cats.

Reviews

Goodreads review by amelia on October 08, 2016

I read this because it looked cool. It was very good. For a children's book, it deals with important topics, so I recommend this.......more

Goodreads review by Sheena on January 29, 2008

Description: Belle Teal Harper is used to going with-out. She lives with her mother and grandmother far out in the country. Her fifth-grade back-to-school outfit is her fourth-grade dress. Still, Belle Teal feels rich with the love of her family and her best friends, Clarice and Little Boss. But as......more

Goodreads review by Phylisha on July 24, 2018

A wonderful book. This book is must read for anyone who wants to learn about a time when segregation was the law and separate and unequal was the norm. This book is a very realistic story of the intergration of a rural Virginia school and shows with realism events which took place all over our count......more

Goodreads review by Karyn on September 19, 2016

I like the outlook that Belle Teale has as she faces being poor, and dealing with her beloved Gran aging. I also admire how she take the time to befriend the new African-American student Daryl. Good book.......more