Book
Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men
- Published
- 2021
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Pages
- 144
- Words
- 18657
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 7.8
- AR interest level
- MG+ — upper middle grades, 6–8
- Lexile
- 1120L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–17
Scipio Africanus Jones - a self-taught attorney who was born enslaved - leads a momentous series of court cases to save twelve Black men who’d been unjustly sentenced to death. Coauthored by Rich Wallace. Book contains violence. Themes include racism.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781629798165
- ISBN-10
- 1629798169
Tags
ALSC NotablesCareers-LawyerNonfictionPeople-African AmericanPeople-Enslaved PeopleSocial Issues-Justice/Legal IssuesSocial Issues-Prejudice & DiscriminationSocial Issues-Violence