| Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington Contributor(s): Asim, Jabari (Author), Collier, Bryan |
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ISBN: 0316086576 ISBN-13: 9780316086578 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2012007265 |
| Lexile Measure: 650 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 10" W x 10.8" (1.20 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 155677 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Booker dreamed of making friends with words, setting free the secrets that lived in books. Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to come true. The young slave who once waited outside of the schoolhouse would one day become a legendary educator of freedmen. Award-winning artist Bryan Collier captures the hardship and the spirit of one of the most inspiring figures in American history, bringing to life Booker T. Washington's journey to learn, to read, and to realize a dream. |