Going North
Going North
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Going North

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5 - 8
Reading age
40
Page count
31
Words per page
530L
Lexile measure
Sep 8, 2004
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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?

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historymoving20th centurysocial themesnew experiencesprejudice and racismrace relations1960'sNebraska

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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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