SILENT THUNDER A Civil War Story

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Hardcover, 1999

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--People-Places-Environments, NCSS Standards Theme--Individual Development and Identity, NCSS Standards Theme--Individuals-Groups-Institutions, History, Life, History-Life-and Culture in the Americas, Reading Level-Middle (6-8), History Life, & Culture in the Americas

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Jump At The Sun (1900), Edition: 1st, 208 pages

Description

In 1862 eleven-year-old Summer and her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War.

Subjects

Awards

Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2003)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2001)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Junior Book Award — 2003)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (13th Edition: 1999-2001)
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NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2000)

Language

English

Original language

English

Pages

208

Physical description

208 p.; 8.5 inches

ISBN

0786804394 / 9780786804399

DDC/MDS

479

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