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Freedom Summer  Cover Image Book Book

Freedom Summer / written by Deborah Wiles ; illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue.

Wiles, Deborah (Author). Lagarrigue, Jerome, (illustrator.).

Summary:

In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is black, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780689830167
  • ISBN: 0689830165
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:
"Ezra Jack Keats Book Award -- Coretta Scott King Award."
Target Audience Note:
Elementary Grade.
460 Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader 3.2.
Reading Counts! 4.7.
Awards Note:
Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Book Award, 2002.
Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Book Award, 2002.
Coretta Scott King Award, John Steptoe Award for New Talent, illustrator, 2002.
Subject: African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans.
Civil rights.
Friendship.
Law
Liberty
Play.
Race relations.
Segregation.
Swimming.
Genre: John Steptoe Award for New Talent > 2002.
Ezra Jack Keats book award: New illustrator award > 2002.
Ezra Jack Keats book award: New writer award > 2002.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Authors' presentation inscription (Provenance) > Wiles > 2001.
Illustrators' presentation inscription (Provenance) > Lagarrigue > 2001.
Dust jackets (Bindings) > 2001.

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