Bradby, Marie creator Soentpiet, Chris K. illustrator text New York Scholastic 1995 First Scholastic printing, February 1997 monographic 30 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm Nine-year-old Booker works with his father and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when he'll be able to read. N 570 Lexile N Raz-Plus story by Marie Bradby ; pictures by Chris K. Soentpiet. "A Richard Jackson book." African Americans Fiction Books and reading Fiction Salt workers Fiction PZ7.B7175 Mo 1995 813 059010313X DLC 20250730141538.0 1684 eng