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A Tugging String: A Novel about Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era
Contributor(s): Greenberg, David (Author)
ISBN: 0525479678     ISBN-13: 9780525479673
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE:   $15.29  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2008
* Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Duvy Greenberg is an ordinary twelve-year-old trying to fit in. He knows that his father, Jack, is a civil rights lawyer, but Duvy lives worlds away from Dorothy Milton, a black woman struggling to become a registered voter in Selma, Alabama. When Dorothy reaches out to Martin Luther King Jr. for help, she sets in motion a series of events thatawith Jack Greenbergas helpawill open Duvyas eyes to the reality of racial inequality and forever change the course of history. Blending facts, speeches, memories, and conjecture, this novel portrays the emotions and events surrounding the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Fiction | Biographical - United States
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2007052653
Lexile Measure: 930
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.82" W x 8.48" (0.67 lbs) 167 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 125971
Reading Level: 6.1   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0