| Freedom School, Yes! Contributor(s): Littlesugar, Amy (Author), Cooper, Floyd (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0399230068 ISBN-13: 9780399230066 Publisher: Philomel Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2001 Annotation: When their house is attacked because her mother volunteered to take in the young white woman who has come to teach black children at the Freedom School, Jolie is afraid, but she overcomes her fear after learning the value of education. Full-color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 99049706 |
| Lexile Measure: 630 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 8.82" W x 11.22" (0.99 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 46498 Reading Level: 3.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jolie has a lot to be scared about since the new Freedom School teacher, Annie, came to town. Bricks thrown through windows in the dead of night, notes filled with hate, and now a fire has burnt down the church where Annie was supposed to start teaching tomorrow Without the church, how can she possibly teach Jolie and the other townspeople about black poets and artists, historians and inventors? Unless the people themselves fight back. In this triumphant story based on the 1964 Mississippi Freedom School Summer Project, Amy Littlesugar and Floyd Cooper come together to celebrate the strength of a people, and the bravery of one young girl who didn't let being scared get in her way. |