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Skating with the Statue of Liberty
by Susan Lynn Meyer
Ages: 9+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Delacorte Press/Random House/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-385-74155-2
Keywords: Race Relations, Diversity, Immigration, Racial discrimination
In 1942, 12-year-old Gustave and his Jewish French family seek refuge in America, where he becomes friends with African American Seppie and discovers that discrimination exists all over.