TY - BOOK AU - Napoli,Donna Jo TI - Alligator bayou SN - 9780553494174 AV - PZ7.N15 Am 2009 U1 - [Fic] 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Wendy Lamb Books KW - Prejudices KW - Fiction KW - sears KW - Italian Americans KW - Uncles KW - Race relations KW - Country life KW - Louisiana KW - Historical fiction KW - History KW - gsafd N1 - Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010; School Library Journal, May 2009; Publisher's Weekly, February 2009; Booklist, February 2009; Horn Book, October 2009; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2009; Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2009; Kirkus Review, February 2009; Library Media Connection, August 2009; Young Adult; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 3.1; 7.0; 128920; NBEV N2 - Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn ER -