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Catch a Tiger by the Toe
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Catch a Tiger by the Toe Hardback - 2005

by Ellen Levine Levine

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Jamie is like most girls in the 1950s—she loves Hollywood movie stars and practicing her yoyo moves. But unlike those other girls, she has something to hide, a secret that is hurting her family. Jamie's father is a member of the Communist Party, and in 1953, that's the worst thing you can be. Senator Joseph McCarthy and his committee are throwing Americans in jail if they refuse to reveal the names of other Communists, and Jamie's dad won't. He's not a rat.

When the truth comes out, and her dad loses his job, Jamie is ashamed to show her face in school. She's thrown off the school paper with no explanation, and all of a sudden Jamie knows how her father feels. Is there anything she can do to help her father? And what about herself?

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Jamie is like most girls in the 1950s--she loves Hollywood movie stars and practicing her yoyo moves. But unlike those other girls, she has something to hide, a secret that is hurting her family. Jamie's father is a member of the Communist Party, and in 1953, that's the worst thing you can be. Senator Joseph McCarthy and his committee are throwing Americans in jail if they refuse to reveal the names of other Communists, and Jamie's dad won't. He's not a rat.

When the truth comes out, and her dad loses his job, Jamie is ashamed to show her face in school. She's thrown off the school paper with no explanation, and all of a sudden Jamie knows how her father feels. Is there anything she can do to help her father? And what about herself?

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  • Title Catch a Tiger by the Toe
  • Author Ellen Levine Levine
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Printing
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Viking Children's Books, New York, ET AL
  • Publication date 2005-05-05
  • ISBN 9780670884612 / 0670884618
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 5.85 x 0.86 in (21.84 x 14.86 x 2.18 cm)
  • Age range 03 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 540
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Schools, Communism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004017348
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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"The warmth, sadness, and anger humanize the issues, which are sure to spark discussion about the meaning of patriotism––then and now."—Booklist, starred review

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