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A big-hearted story of a Depression-era small town turned upside down by a worldly teacher. Narrator Gladys Cailiff is eleven years old in 1938 when a new, well-traveled young schoolteacher turns a small Georgia town upside down. Miss Grace Spivey believes in field trips, Arabian costumes,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Grace Spivey: ...a firecracker with a lot of heart.
- Theo Boykin: Add a description of this character.
- Uncle Mack
- Mavis Davis
- Bilali
- Mr. Gordon
- Gladys
- Etta George
- Eugene Boykin
- Saad
- Arnie Lumpkin
- Margaret
- Sidi Masrur
- Dr. Janet Miller
- Malcolm
- Ivan
- Linwood
- Benjamin
- Ahmad Baba
- Mrs. Bibben
- Miss Templeton
- Momma
- Ralphord
- Shahrazad
- Ahmed
- Mrs. Reverend Stokes
- Andrew Mack
- Mrs. Lulu Blount
- Mcintyre
- Alaeddin
- Florence Hodges
- Ildred
- Mr. Wicker
- Louise Blount
- Miss Chandler
- Mr. Hall
Setting & Locations edit
- Baghdad Bazaar
- Georgia
- Threestep School
- Sabrina
- Main Street
- Savannah
- Milledgeville
- Macon
- Claytonville
- Toomsboro
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Timbo
- Basrah
- Atlanta
- Nashville
- Banu Musa
- Kitab
- Egypt
- Iraq
- Sapelo Island
- Cairo
- Africa
- Turkey Shoot
- Mecca
- Skidaway Island
- Bab Sabu
- Rabat
- Chicago
- Caliph Amin
- New York City
- Babylon
- Dunk Tank
- Jeddah
- Shinqiti
- Force
- Kut
- France
- Ifrit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mary Helen Stefaniak (Author)
Awards edit
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2011)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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