| Description |
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 22 cm |
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School children lcdgt |
| Audience |
Young Adult |
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NP Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader 6.3 |
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Reading Counts! 7.4 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 34). |
| Summary |
Presents fifteen interlinked sonnets to pay tribute to Emmitt Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for supposedly whistling at a white woman, and whose murderers were acquitted. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. This martyr's wreath, woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry, challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices--to speak what we see. Newbery Honor-winning poet Nelson offers an evocative tribute to a 14-year-old boy whose lynching in 1955 helps spark the civil rights movement. Full color. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 6.3 0.5. |
| Awards |
Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2006. |
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Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 2006. |
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006. |
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Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2006 |
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Boston-Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book, 2005. |
| Note |
"Coretta Scott King Award ; Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature." |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader UG 6.3 0.5. |
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Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.3 0.5 104613. |
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Reading Counts RC High School 7.4 6 Quiz: 37427 Guided reading level: NR. |
| Contents |
"Coretta Scott King Award ; Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature." |
| Subject |
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile poetry.
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Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 (OCoLC)fst00228763
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Till, Emmett, 1941-1955. -- Poetry.
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African Americans -- Crimes against -- Juvenile poetry.
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African American teenage boys -- Juvenile poetry.
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Trials (Murder) -- Juvenile poetry.
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Murder victims -- Juvenile poetry.
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Hate crimes -- Juvenile poetry.
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Mississippi -- Juvenile poetry.
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Lynching -- Juvenile poetry.
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Children's poetry, American.
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Poetry.
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African American teenage boys. (OCoLC)fst00799391
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African Americans -- Crimes against.
(OCoLC)fst00799595
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Children's poetry, American. (OCoLC)fst00856347
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Hate crimes. (OCoLC)fst00951873
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Lynching. (OCoLC)fst01004334
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Murder victims. (OCoLC)fst01029809
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Trials (Murder) (OCoLC)fst01156368
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Mississippi. (OCoLC)fst01207034
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| Genre/Form |
Elegies. (OCoLC)fst01726594
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Sonnets (OCoLC)fst01922554
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Sonnets.
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Elegies.
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| Added Author |
Lardy, Philippe, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780618397525 |
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0618397523 |
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9780547076362 (pbk.) |
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0547076363 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
9780618397525 |
