I just checked the stock at Ingram where I purchase many of my books. It appears that they have 25 copies of the paperback available in their Oregon warehouse. The Perma Bound and Sagebrush bound copies are out of stock and on back order. It is an Accelerated Reader - Reading Counts book selection so hopefully they will reprint it. I am not sure how that works. It is a great book and needs to be out there and available to be read. As to a reading guide, someone on the Sydney Taylor Committee or a former member might be able to put you in touch with the author. She came to convention to accept her award. She might be able to assist you with questions and discussion guidelines. In lieu of that you might make sure that there are adults in the group who lived through the Civil Rights era and are able to give an "eye witness" picture of the times, so to speak. It might help the kids understand how courageous the Dad in the story is to befriend the Black people in the town and to defend the man who is up for the job of Chief of Police(?) I haven't read it in a while so I may not be recalling the details accurately. Good luck and if you do come up with any sort of guides for reading the book, please post it on Hasafran. I am sure others, beside me. would be interested. Enid Sperber Temple Israel of Hollywood Los Angeles, California
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