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Martin rising : requiem for a King Cover Image Book Book

Martin rising : requiem for a King / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney.

Pinkney, Andrea Davis, (author.). Pinkney, J. Brian, (illustrator.).

Summary:

In a rich embroidery of visions, musical cadence, and deep emotion, Andrea and Brian Pinkney convey the final months of Martin Luther King's life -- and of his assassination -- through metaphor, spirituality, and multilayers of meaning.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780545702539
  • ISBN: 0545702534
  • Physical Description: 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127).
Formatted Contents Note:
Henny Penny prelude -- Daylight. Sparkling-eyed child -- Happy Birthday, Daddy! -- Forcing forsythia -- Valentine -- Come -- Early signs of spring -- Roar! -- Weather news, baseball blues -- Kings in Memphis -- Smothered -- Shattered -- Still standing -- Sky truth -- Bravura bird -- Darkness -- Foreboding -- Home away from home -- Fever -- Storm -- Heaven's railroad -- Mine eyes have seen -- Sleep -- Day breaks -- Pillow fight! -- Soul fixin's -- Quick-strange! -- Powerless (time-out of time) -- Compass -- Pronouncement -- Chaos -- Baby James -- Unsolved history -- Desperate questions -- Lamentation -- Quiet storm -- Daddy -- Pilgrimage -- Dawn. Good Friday -- Easter Sunday -- Rejoice the legacy -- Author's reflections -- Artist's reflections -- Now is the time -- Time line -- 1968 time line for Martin Rising -- Sources -- Acknowledgments.
Target Audience Note:
Middle School
730 Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader Level 4.8.

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Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burlington Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burlington Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Burlington Public Library J 811.6 PINKNEY 2018 39851001480996 Children's Non-fiction Copy hold Available -

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