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A Bird on Water Street

Thirteen-year-old Jack dreams of making life better in his hometown of 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 we...

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Main Author: Dulemba, Elizabeth O.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Naperville, Illinois : Little Pickle Press , 2019.
Subjects:
Environmental degradation > Juvenile fiction.
Miners > Juvenile fiction.
Copper mines and mining > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Tennessee > Juvenile fiction.
Tennessee > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Thirteen-year-old Jack dreams of making life better in his hometown of 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.
Physical Description:1 volume 19 cm.
ISBN:9781492698289
1492698288
Author Notes:Elizabeth O. Dulemba is an award-winning author, illustrator, teacher, and speaker (including a TEDx talk). She has over two-dozen books to her credit and her debut novel, A Bird on Water Street, has garnered 14 literary awards and honors, including Georgia Author of the Year and a Green Earth Book Award Honor. Elizabeth grew up in the American south but now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland with her husband, Stan.

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