Freedom summer
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Lagarrigue, Jerome, illustrator.
Published
Boston, MA : National Braille Press, [2014?], 2005.
Status
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| LSDHH - Braille | H.I. Coll. EAP E Wiles Braille | On Shelf |
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Published
Boston, MA : National Braille Press, [2014?], 2005.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) of print and braille : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Reading Level
LG
Level 3.2, 1 Points
Level 3.2, 1 Points
Lexile code
AD: Adult Directed
Lexile measure
600
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. This version published: New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2005.
Description
In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is colored, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists. John Henry swims better than anyone I know. He crawls like a catfish, blows bubbles like a swamp monster, but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me. He's not allowed. Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both want to be firemen, and they both love to swim. But there's one important way they're different: Joe is white and John Henry is black, and in the South in 1964, that means John Henry isn't allowed to do everything his best friend is. Then a law is passed that forbids segregation and opens the town pool to everyone. Joe and John Henry are so excited they race each other there ... only to discover that it takes more than a new law to change people's hearts.
Awards
Ezra Jack Keats Book Award winner.
Awards
Coretta Scott King Award winner.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wiles, D., & Lagarrigue, J. (20142005). Freedom summer (1st Aladdin paperbacks ed.). National Braille Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wiles, Deborah and Jerome, Lagarrigue. 20142005. Freedom Summer. National Braille Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wiles, Deborah and Jerome, Lagarrigue. Freedom Summer National Braille Press, 20142005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wiles, Deborah., and Jerome Lagarrigue. Freedom Summer 1st Aladdin paperbacks ed., National Braille Press, 20142005.
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