| Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine Contributor(s): Lucas, Eileen (Author), Anthony, Mark (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 157505227X ISBN-13: 9781575052274 Publisher: First Avenue Editions (Tm) OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: Introduce young readers to history through the stories of both real and fictionalized people. By focusing on a single important episode that describes a historical event, these books engage readers' interests and imaginations. Written in a story format, each account relates events that really happened, often followed by a brief summary of the historical event to further explain the significance it had on history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism |
| Dewey: 379.263 |
| LCCN: 96045003 |
| Lexile Measure: 540 |
| Series: On My Own History |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 6.05" W x 8.47" (0.24 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas - Locality - Little Rock, Arkansas - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 25249 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1957, nine teenagers were chosen to be the first black students to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. A small group of people in Little Rock, including the governor of Arkansas, wanted to keep them out. But those nine students knew they had a right to a good education. And they would do anything to crack the wall that had kept black people and white people apart. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lucas, Eileen: - Eileen (O'Donnell) Lucas grew up in Chicago, spent a semester in college in Ireland, and graduated from Western Illinois University. She lived near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, for over 20 years, where her sons Travis and Brendan were born. She worked as a freelance writer and an elementary and middle school teacher during these years. She now lives in Florida, where she loves to go to the beach and listen to Jimmy Buffett music. She also loves to visit her trailer in the woods in central Wisconsin, where she takes care of her garden and hikes in the pines. Besides nonfiction children's books, she writes for an educational software publishing company in Wisconsin. |