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Facts
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- Author: Megan McDonald
- Illustrators: Robert Hunt, Nika Korniyenko, Susan McAliley
- First Published: 2007
- Setting: San Francisco, California; Fall 1976
Characters
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- Julie Albright
- Joyce Albright
- Daniel Albright
- Tracy Albright
- Ivy Ling
- T.J.
- Joseph Sanchez
- The Water Fountain Girls
Introduced
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Chapter by Chapter Summary
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Chapter One: Detention
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Julie gets detention for passing a note to Joy, who is deaf and doesn't know what is going on.
Chapter Two: Poster Power
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Chapter Three: Julie for President
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Chapter Four: Heating Up
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Chapter Five: The Election
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Looking Back: Changes for America in the 1970s
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Discusses Jimmy Carter's presidency and disabled kids in school. Topics include:
- The 1976 presidential election between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford
- Challenges faced in the Carter administration such as the energy crisis and inflation
- Television shows people watched in the 1970s such as Happy Days
- Women and African-Americans running for elected office
- Judy Heumann, who founded Disabled in Action to advocate rights for the disabled