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The Resource Freedom Riders : John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement, by Ann Bausum ; [forewords by Freedom Riders Congressman John Lewis and Jim Zwerg]

Freedom Riders : John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement, by Ann Bausum ; [forewords by Freedom Riders Congressman John Lewis and Jim Zwerg]

Label
Freedom Riders : John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement
Title
Freedom Riders
Title remainder
John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement
Statement of responsibility
by Ann Bausum ; [forewords by Freedom Riders Congressman John Lewis and Jim Zwerg]
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Freedom Riders compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis and James Zwerg in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our nation's past
Storyline
Pace
Tone
Writing style
Award
  • ALA Notable Children's Book, 2007
  • Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2006
  • Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award (Wisconsin), 2007.
  • Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Nonfiction, 2009.
  • YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2007
Biography type
collective biography
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
148162
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Bausum, Ann
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
1090
Intended audience source
Lexile
Interest level
MG
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 5
  • 9
Nature of contents
bibliography
Reading level
7.8
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
Study program name
Accelerated Reader AR
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Lewis, John
  • Zwerg, Jim
  • African American civil rights workers
  • Civil rights workers
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • Southern States
Target audience
juvenile
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement
Label
Freedom Riders : John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement, by Ann Bausum ; [forewords by Freedom Riders Congressman John Lewis and Jim Zwerg]
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p.77) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Black America -- White America -- Common ground -- Early rides -- Blood brothers -- Rolling on -- Separate paths -- Afterword : toward one America -- Partial roster of Riders -- Chronology
Dimensions
29 cm
Extent
79 pages
Isbn
9780792241744
Isbn Type
(lib. bdg.)
Lccn
2005012947
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Stock number
BRO-copy20070313-093
System control number
  • ocm60373657
  • 135637
Label
Freedom Riders : John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the civil rights movement, by Ann Bausum ; [forewords by Freedom Riders Congressman John Lewis and Jim Zwerg]
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p.77) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Black America -- White America -- Common ground -- Early rides -- Blood brothers -- Rolling on -- Separate paths -- Afterword : toward one America -- Partial roster of Riders -- Chronology
Dimensions
29 cm
Extent
79 pages
Isbn
9780792241744
Isbn Type
(lib. bdg.)
Lccn
2005012947
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Stock number
BRO-copy20070313-093
System control number
  • ocm60373657
  • 135637

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