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Keywords

accomplishment, appearance, assertiveness, asthma, community, decision making, diseases, exercise, football, friendship, holidays, karate, kindness, peer resistance, school, shelter, sports, surprises

Title

Hometown hero

Description

Scott Whittaker recounts the events between Thanksgiving and Christmas in his diary. He starts a karate club at school and meets Bill Walters, a homeless man who was the quarterback of the local high school football team in 1967 The book ends with questions and answers about asthma.

Author

Aiello, Barbara//Shulman, Jeffrey

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

ISBN

0-941477-04-5

City of Publication

Frederick

Year of Publication

1989

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Keith E. Rhoades, 1995

Citation

Aiello, Barbara//Shulman, Jeffrey, “Hometown hero,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed June 1, 2020, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/10469.