The Orange Shoes

Delly Porter has a happy life. She needs new shoes, but doesn't really mind because she loves the soft, silky feel of the dirt road beneath her bare feet. She's a good artist, too, even if she has to make her own art supplies. And she loves her schoolteacher, Miss Violet, who lets her help in the classroom. Life only looks brighter when Miss Violet announces the school will have a Shoebox Social to help raise funds for new art materials. But when what should be a festive occasion is threatened by prejudice and cruelty, Delly finds out that one must stay true to oneself to successfully navigate life's joys and sorrows. From Trinka Hakes Noble, the author of The Scarlet Stockings Spy and The Last Brother, comes the story of a young girl who learns the most precious things in life are not measured in dollars and cents but by the warmth of one's heart. And that truth, beauty, and love are in the eye of the beholder.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 09/01/2007
ISBN: 9781585362776
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 11.32h x 9.44w x 0.41d
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Nominee
Award: Charlotte Award - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2007 pg. 799
School Library Journal 09/01/2007 pg. 173
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2008 pg. 38 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 116943 / Orange Shoes
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5