The Liberation of Gabriel King

Gabriel King was a born chicken. He's afraid of spiders, corpses, loose cows, and just about everything related to the fifth grade. Gabe's best friend, Frita Wilson, thinks Gabe needs some liberating from his fears. Frita knows something about being brave-- she's the only black kid in school in a town with an active Ku Klux Klan. Together Gabe and Frita are going to spend the summer of 1976 facing down the fears on Gabe's list. But it turns out that Frita has her own list, and while she's helping Gabe confront his fears, she's avoiding the thing that scares her the most.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 03/01/2007
ISBN: 9780142407660
Pages: 151
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 7.77h x 5.17w x 0.44d
Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/19/2007 pg. 67

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 89128 / Liberation of Gabriel King
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5