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Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2011
Sylvia & Aki
Two girls' unexpected meeting sparks a legal battle that changes history.
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Bookroo's summary
Sylvia Mendez and Aki Munemitsu's lives collide on a California farm, igniting a pivotal legal fight for school desegregation. As their families' stories unfold, they challenge societal norms, setting the stage for national change. How did their unexpected friendship alter the course of history?
From the publisher
Young Sylvia Mendez never expected to be at the center of a landmark legal battle. Young Aki Munemitsu never expected to be sent away from her home and her life as she knew it. The two girls definitely never expected to know each other, until their lives intersected on a Southern California farm in a way that changed the country forever. Who are Sylvia and Aki? And why did their family stories matter then and still matter today? This book reveals the remarkable, never-before-told story–based on true events–of Mendez vs. Westminster School District, the California court case that desegregated schools for Latino children and set the stage for Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education at the national level.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- Reading age
- 9–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 760L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~4.9
- F&P level
- ~R
Publication
- Published
- July 9, 2013
- First published
- July 12, 2011
- Publisher
- Yearling
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781582463452
- LCCN
- 2010024182
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