In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South.

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Themes:: antiracism; Coretta Scott King Award Winners; Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; activism; empathy; 20th century; girls and women; prejudice and racism; authors; America; 1960's; 1970's; social issues

Genres:: nonfiction; biography and autobiography; poetry

Locations:: United States

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This was fantastic! It’s a story/memoir told through poems, and it’s interesting and eye-opening and beautiful. This would be a great book to read with a middle elementary school child and talk about together, or for an older elementary or middle school child to read on his or her own.

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2015 Coretta Scott King Award - Author
2015 Newbery Medal - Honorable Mention

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Book Details

ISBN:: 9780399252518

Publication Date:: January 1, 2014

Library of Congress Number (LCCN):: 2014021346

ASIN/ISBN 10:: 0399252517

Lexile® Level:: 990L

ATOS® Book Level:: 5.3

Accelerated Reader® Points:: 5.0

Accelerated Reader Quiz:: 168140

Accelerated Reader Interest Level:: MG

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