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No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
Contributor(s): Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux (Author), Christie, R. Gregory (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1541514912     ISBN-13: 9781541514911
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
OUR PRICE:   $13.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2011021251
Lexile Measure: 850
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.15 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 149852
Reading Level: 5.5   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:

You can't walk straight on a crooked line. You do you'll break your leg. How can you walk straight in a crooked system?

Lewis Michaux was born to do things his own way. When a white banker told him to sell fried chicken, not books, because Negroes don't read, Lewis took five books and one hundred dollars and built a bookstore. It soon became the intellectual center of Harlem, a refuge for everyone from Muhammad Ali to Malcolm X.

In No Crystal Stair, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson combines meticulous research with a storyteller's flair to document the life and times of her great-uncle Lewis Michaux, an extraordinary literacy pioneer of the Civil Rights era.

My life was no crystal stair, far from it. But I'm taking my leave with some pride. It tickles me to know that those folks who said I could never sell books to black people are eating crow. I'd say my seeds grew pretty damn well. And not just the book business. It's the more important business of moving our people forward that has real meaning.

Contributor Bio(s): Christie, R. Gregory: -

R. Gregory Christie's illustrations have earned him many awards, including a Caldecott Honor, many Coretta Scott King Honors, and multiple spots on the New York Times' annual Best Illustrated Children's Books lists. He lives in Georgia.

Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux: -

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson is the author of The Book Itch, as well as three Coretta Scott King Award-winning books: No Crystal Stair, Bad News for Outlaws, and Almost to Freedom. She is a former youth services librarian in New Mexico. Visit her online vaundanelson.com.