Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
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Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
By Susan Goldman Rubin
Edition
Hardcover edition
PublisherHoliday HouseImprintHoliday HouseISBN
9780823429202
Awards and HonorsBooklist Editors’ Choice 2014, Nonfiction, Middle Readers Booklist Lasting Connections 2014, Social Studies Booklist Top 10 Multicultural Nonfiction for Youth, 2015
ALA Notable Books for Children 2015, Middle Readers
2015 Golden Kite Honor, Nonfiction; Capitol Choices 2015 VOYA’s Nonfiction Honor List 2014
Los Angeles Public Library Best Books of 2014, Children’s
NCSS Carter G. Woodson Book Award 2015 Honor, Secondary
Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
When three Freedom Summer workers suspiciously went missing, the civil-rights project in racially charged Mississippi grabbed the nation’s attention. Further resources. Time line. Appendix. Source notes. Bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations.
Title alpha Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
Level Nonfiction Middle
Pages Count 128
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Mississippi Freedom Project. Civil rights movements. Civil rights workers. Mississippi. Twentieth-century U.S. history. African Americans. Suffrage. Ku Klux Klan. Freedom Summer (1964). Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973).
SRC Level 8.300000
SRC Points 8.000000
Lexile 980L
Trim Size 8" x 10"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2014-02-28
JLG Release Date Apr 2014
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
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Nonfiction Middle
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