The stars beneath our feet

Resource Information

The work The stars beneath our feet represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in South Whitley Community Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The stars beneath our feet

Statement of responsibility

David Barclay Moore

Creator

• Moore, David Barclay,
• trueMoore, David Barclay

Author

• Moore, David Barclay,

Subject

• trueRealistic fiction
• truePreteen boys
• trueNew York City
• trueTwelve-year-old boys
• trueBrothers -- Death
• Brothers -- Death -- Fiction
• LEGO toys -- Fiction
• trueGangs
• trueWest Indian Americans
• truePeople with autism
• trueHarlem, New York City
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
• trueChildren of LGBTQIA parents
• Gangs -- Fiction
• trueLEGO toys

Genre

• Fiction
• trueRealistic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center

Storyline

• trueOwn voices
• trueCharacter-driven

Character

• trueCulturally diverse
• trueBelievable

Award

• John Steptoe Award for New Talent, Author Category, 2018.
• ALA Notable Children's Books, 2018.
• YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2018.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019.

Cataloging source

NjBwBT

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 650
• Ages: 9-11
• Grades: 4-6
• 650L

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile

Interest level

MG

LC call number

PZ7.1.M6547

LC item number

St 2017

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

650

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 6

Reading level

4.4

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

juvenile