Going North
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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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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780374326814
- Publication Date
- September 8, 2004
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Original Publication Date
- September 8, 2004
- 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
- AD530L
- 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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