Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Calkins Creek (2018), Edition: Illustrated, 40 pages
Description
This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination--when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest.
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This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest. In the text, full pages run about 20 short lines, interspersed with short passages and
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full page images ... just long enough to tell a flowing narrative while still fitting the form of a children's picture book. In addition to having commonly-known historical information and background political/social facts, this book has an emotional impact when the reader identifies with the 9-year old first-person narrator. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
40 p.; 11.19 inches
ISBN
1629797189 / 9781629797182