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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Woods, Brenda (Brenda A.), author. Title: The unsung hero of Birdsong, USA / Brenda Woods. Description: New York, NY: Nancy Paulsen Books, [2019]
Summary: Gabriel, twelve, gains new perspective when he becomes friends with Meriwether, a Black World War II hero who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South. Identifiers: LCCN 2018022806 | ISBN 9781524737092 (hardback) | ISBN 9781524737108 (ebook) Subjects: | CYAC: Race relations—Fiction. | Prejudices—Fiction. | Veterans—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | African Americans—Fiction. | Family life—South Carolina—Fiction. | South Carolina—History—20th century—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism. | JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American. | JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars.
Classification: LCC PZ7.W86335 Un 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018022806
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.