A Lesson Before Dying Bound for Schoo Edition Contributor(s): Gaines, Ernest J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0785769811 ISBN-13: 9780785769811 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $27.20 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: Set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, "A Lesson Before Dying" is an "enormously moving" ("Los Angeles Times") novel of one man condemned to die for a crime he did not commit and a young man who visits him in his cell. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting--and defying--the expected. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 93042201 |
Lexile Measure: 750 |
Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.16" W x 8.04" (0.69 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 10287 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |