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Item Nr: B 105342 Title: Freedom Summer
Grade Lvl: P Author: Wiles, Deborah
Length: 30 Prod/Pub: Aladdin
Copyright: 2005 Series:
Book Type: FP Biographee:
Copies: 4 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is African American, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists. Desegregation. 2002 Ezra Jack Keats author award (Deborah Wiles) and illustrator award (Jerome Lagarrigue). AR 3.2. RC 2.7. Lexile 460. GR level M.

  Subjects:
  791 - AFRICAN AMERICANS
  306 - CIVIL RIGHTS
  534 - FRIENDSHIP
  1533 - GUIDED READING LEVEL M
  591 - HISTORICAL FICTION
  1674 - LEXILE 400-499
  1439 - PREJUDICES/PREJUDICE
  911 - RACE RELATIONS/RACISM
  700 - REALISTIC FICTION
  1823 - SIX TRAITS: VOICE
  1824 - SIX TRAITS: WORD CHOICE
  1004 - SOCIAL CHANGE