Freedom School, Yes!
Freedom School, Yes!
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Freedom School, Yes!

Written by Amy Littlesugar & illustrated by Floyd Cooper
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$8.99
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4 - 8
Reading age
40
Page count
40
Words per page
630L
Lexile measure
Jan 7, 2025
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In 1964’s Freedom Summer, one girl sees that nothing–not hatred, not fear, not anything else–can stand in the way of her learning about the world. Jolie has a lot to be scared about since the new Freedom School teacher, Annie, came to town. Bricks thrown through windows in the dead of night, notes filled with hate, and now a fire has burned down the church where Annie was supposed to start teaching tomorrow! Without the church, how can she possibly teach Jolie and the other townspeople about black poets and artists, historians and inventors? Unless the people themselves fight back. In this triumphant story based on the 1964 Mississippi Freedom School Summer Project, Amy Littlesugar and Floyd Cooper come together to celebrate the strength of a people and the bravery of one young girl who didn’t let being scared get in her way.

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prejudice and racism21st centurycommunitiesthe Civil Rights MovementAfrican American historyself-discoverysocial justiceFreedom Schools

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780593694398
    Publication Date
    January 7, 2025
    Publisher
    Philomel Books
    Original Publication Date
    January 15, 2001
    Page Count
    40
    Words Per Page
    40
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Lexile® Level
    630L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~O
    ATOS® Book Level
    3.4
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    46498
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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