Freedom Summer for young people : the violent season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy / Bruce Watson ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781644210093
- ISBN: 1644210096
- ISBN: 9781644210109
- ISBN: 164421010X
- Physical Description: v, 442 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2020]
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Triangle Square book for young readers." Adaptation of: Freedom summer / by Bruce Watson. New York, N.Y. : Viking, ©2010. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-426) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Before: Mississippi at a crossroads -- A risky bus ride -- The past is "not even past" -- Freedom Street -- Battleground for America -- "It is sure enough changing" -- The sickness and the scars -- July 16: Another so-called "Freedom Day" -- "Walk together, children" -- A blot on the country -- The flowering of Freedom Summer -- "The stuff democracy is made of" -- Beauty for ashes -- After: ordinary people made a difference. |
Target Audience Note: | Grades 7-9 Seven Stories Press. |
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Genre: | Instructional and educational works. Illustrated works. History. Juvenile works. Instructional and educational works. Illustrated works. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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Burlington Public Library | TEEN 323.1196 WATSON 2020 | 39851001597856 | Teen Non-Fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |
Bruce Watson's previous books include Sacco and Vanzetti, a finalist for the Edgar Award, and Bread and Roses, a New York Public Library Book to Remember. His journalism has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Smithsonian, and Reader's Digest. He lives in Massachusetts.
Rebecca Stefoff has devoted her career to writing nonfiction books for young readers. Her publications include histories, literary biographies, an encyclopedia of maps, and numerous books on science and environmental issues. She has also adapted a number of landmark works in history and science, include Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Jared Diamond's The Third Chimpanzee, Charles C. Mann's bestselling 1493, Jill Jonnes's Eiffel's Tower, and Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America.