Book
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
- Published
- 2019
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 320
- Words
- 24938
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 6.3
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 1000L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–17
In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen-year-old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High. The coauthor is Debbie Levy.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781681198521
- ISBN-10
- 1681198525
Tags
ALSC NotablesBiographyCivil Rights MovementCommunity Life-SchoolNonfictionPeople-African AmericanPeople-ChildrenPoetrySocial Issues-Prejudice & DiscriminationUnited States-Tennessee