Little man

Resource Information

The work Little man represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Union County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Little man

Statement of responsibility

by Elizabeth Mann

Creator

• trueMann, Elizabeth, 1948-
• Mann, Elizabeth, 1948-

Author

• Mann, Elizabeth, 1948-

Subject

• trueRealistic fiction
• Middle schools -- Fiction
• Schools -- Fiction
• trueMiddle schools
• trueMiddle school students
• trueTeasing
• trueStiltwalkers
• trueInsecurity (Psychology)
• trueSchools
• trueFamilies -- Caribbean Area
• Caribbean Area -- Fiction
• trueCaribbean Area
• trueShort boys
• Physical-appearance-based bias -- Fiction
• Families -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• trueRealistic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

On a small Caribbean Island, Albert must face middle school, where he is one of the shortest students, without his best friend who just moved away, but he is able to move past the teasing after getting involved in a troupe of Mocko Jumbies--Stiltwalkers--following a tradition brought by African slaves

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueAngst-filled

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed

Character

• trueSympathetic

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.M314315

LC item number

Lit 2014

Literary form

fiction

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

• 4
• 7

Target audience

pre adolescent