The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going
Gabriel King and Frita Wilson are best friends who are looking forward to a fun filled summer, especially celebrating the bicentennial of 1976. Gabe is afraid of everything from spiders to Duke Evans, an older schoolmate who constantly bullies him. Frita is an African American girl who is strong willed and faces discrimination on a daily basis. Duke humiliates Gabe at his fourth grade graduation which cements Gabe's decision to stay back and not move on to fifth grade with Frita and the older children. Frita has other plans for Gabe. She is fearless and wants to use the summer to help "liberate" Gabe from his fears so that she and her best friend can move on and enjoy school together. jFIC Going
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