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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Aladdin ed.
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.