Going North
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5 - 8
Reading
age
40
Page
count
31
Words
per page
530L
Lexile
measure
Sep 8, 2004
Publication
date
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What's Going North About
Publisher Summary
An African American family becomes a new kind of pioneer Leaving behind Big Mama, loving relatives, and the familiar red soil and cotton fields of Alabama, Jessie and her family are going north to Nebraska. They are pioneers searching for a better life, one with decent schools and jobs. But traveling through the segregated South is difficult for an African American family in the 1960s. With most public places reserved for whites only, where will they stop to get gas and food? Lyrical free verse and evocative paintings capture the rhythm of the road and a young girl’s longing as she wonders: Will I like it there? Will I like the North?
What Kind of Book is Going North
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Race, Ethnicities, & Nationalities
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780374326814
- Publication Date
- September 8, 2004
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Page Count
- 40
- Words Per Page
- 31
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 5 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2002032207
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 50520395
- Lexile® Level
- 530L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.4
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 83509
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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