| With the Might of Angels (Dear America) Contributor(s): Pinkney, Andrea Davis (Author) |
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ISBN: 133853095X ISBN-13: 9781338530957 Publisher: Scholastic Inc. OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Series: Dear America |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.5" (0.50 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1950's - Geographic Orientation - Virginia |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 146291 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bestselling author and Coretta Scott King Award winner Andrea Davis Pinkney presents a moving fictional account of school desegregation in the Civil Rights Era.Twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson's life turns upside down after the Supreme Court rules in favor of desegregation in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education. Her parents decide that Dawnie will attend Prettyman Coburn, a previously all-white school -- but she'll be the only one of her friends to enroll in this new school.Not everyone in Dawnie's town of Hadley, Virginia, supports integration, though, and much of the community is outraged by the decision. As she starts school, Dawnie encounters the harsh realities of racism. But the backlash against her arrival at Prettyman Coburn is more than she's prepared for, and she begins to wonder if the hardship is worth it. Will Dawnie be able to hold on to the true meaning of justice and remain faithful to her own sense of integrity? |