Awards and Honors2018 E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor, Middle Reader
2018 Claudia Lewis Award
Capitol Choices 2018, Ten to Fourteen
Parents’ Choice Award Winner: Poetry, Gold School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2017, Nonfiction Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Middle Grade
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Informational Books for Older Readers
CSMCL Best Multicultural Children’s Books of 2017
YALSA 2018 Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers Nominee
New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2017 The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books 2017 Blue Ribbons, Nonfiction
Finding inspiration from poets of the Harlem Renaissance, Grimes has composed thought-provoking new poetry with timely themes for today's readers. Preface. Note on the Harlem Renaissance. Author's note. Note on poetry form. Poet biographies. Artist biographies. Sources. Index. Black-and-white photographs. Full-color illustrations.
Title alpha One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
Level Nonfiction Middle
Pages Count 128
Genre Nonfiction
Topics African Americans. Poetry. Twentieth-century U.S. history. Stories in verse. The Harlem Renaissance.
SRC Level 6.100000
SRC Points 7.000000
Lexile NP
Trim Size 7 3/4" x 6"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2017-01-02
JLG Release Date Feb 2017
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
For Grades 5-8
Knowledge is power, and no other category speaks to this more. The 12 books in this category range from autobiographies to anthropological studies, these nonfiction titles are just right for middle-school readers . . . and ideal for research and classroom support, too.