| The Red Rose Box Contributor(s): Woods, Brenda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142501514 ISBN-13: 9780142501511 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: On her tenth birthday, Leah receives a surprise gift from glamorous Aunt Olivia, Mamas only sister, who lives in Los Angeles. It is a red rose box. Not many people in 1958 Louisiana have seen such a beautiful traveling case, covered with red roses, filled with jewelry, silk bedclothes, expensive soaps. . . and train tickets to California. Soon after, Leah and her sister, Ruth, find themselves in Hollywood, far away from the cotton fields and Jim Crow laws. To Leah, California feels like freedom. But when disaster strikes back home, Leah and Ruth have to stay with Aunt Olivia permanently. Will freedom ever feel like home? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001018354 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.08" W x 7.75" (0.27 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - California - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 60015 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On her tenth birthday, Leah receives a surprise gift from glamorous Aunt Olivia, Mama's only sister, who lives in Los Angeles. It is a red rose box. Not many people in 1958 Louisiana have seen such a beautiful traveling case, covered with red roses, filled with jewelry, silk bedclothes, expensive soaps...and train tickets to California. Soon after, Leah and her sister, Ruth, find themselves in Hollywood, far away from cotton fields and Jim Crow laws. To Leah, California feels like freedom. But when disaster strikes back home, Leah and Ruth have to stay with Aunt Olivia permanently. Will freedom ever feel like home? |