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Freedom Summer / by Deborah Wiles ; illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0689823800
  • 0689830165
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PZ7.W6474 Fr 2001
Online resources: Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Juvenile Collection Juvenile Collection Albright College Library Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction Children's collection J-Fic W676f (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31856002135869
Total holds: 0

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.

Ezra Jack Keats book award for best new writer and best new illustrator.

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe new talent award.

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