A Tugging String: A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era

by David T. Greenberg

Hardcover, 2008

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Culture, NCSS Standards Theme--Individual Development and Identity, NCSS Standards Theme--Individuals-Groups-Institutions, NCSS Standards Theme--Power-Authority-Governance, History-Life and Culture in the Americas, Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5)Reading Level-Middle (6-8), Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5), Reading Level-Middle (6-8)

Genres

Lexile

930L

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Dutton Books for Young Readers (2008), 167 pages

Description

A fictionalized account of the author's years growing up in Great Neck, New York, during the turbulent civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s, when African Americans were struggling to attain equality, with his father, who was a lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Includes commentary from the author's father, Jack Greenberg.

Awards

Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 4-8 — 2011)
Oregon Spirit Book Award (Winner — Young Adult — 2008)
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2009)

Language

English

Original language

English

Pages

167

Physical description

167 p.; 8.56 inches

ISBN

0525479678 / 9780525479673

UPC

884920558731

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