Trouble the Water

by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Book Overview

From the award-winning author of Dovey Coe comes a "powerful" (School Library Journal) tale of the friendship between a black girl and a white boy and the prejudices they must overcome in segregated Kentucky as they try to solve the mystery surrounding a lonely old dog.

Eleven-year-old Callie is fearless, stubborn, and a little nosy. So when she sees an old yellow dog wandering around town by itself, you can bet she's going...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481424637
• ISBN13: 9781481424639
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8