Title No crystal stair : a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller / Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; art work by R. Gregory Christie.

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Burlington Public Library - Teen	YF NELSON	Check Shelf
East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Young Adult	YA NEL	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department	JUV. 818 N431N	Check Shelf

Description	188 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary	Told by a banker that he should sell fried chicken rather than books, since "Negroes don't read", Lewis Michaux defies the odds to build Harlem's National Memorial African Bookstore, an intellectual center and gathering place from 1939 to 1975.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and "Index of historical characters."
Study Program	Accelerated Reader 5.5.
Awards	Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award, 2013.
	Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Award Winner, 2012.
Study Program	Reading Counts High School 5.5 10.
	Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 5.0 149852.
Subject	Michaux, Lewis H., 1885-1976 -- Juvenile fiction.
	Bookstores -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
	African Americans -- Books and reading -- Juvenile fiction.
	Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
	Michaux, Lewis H., 1885-1976 -- Fiction.
	Bookstores -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
	Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
	Michaux, Lewis H., 1885-1976 (OCoLC)fst01618612
	African Americans -- Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00799572
	Bookstores. (OCoLC)fst00836517
	New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
	New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem. (OCoLC)fst01312318
	Michaux, Lewis H., 1885-1976 -- Fiction.
	Bookstores -- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- Books and reading -- Fiction.
	Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Genre/Form	Coretta Scott King Award (Author): Honor book -- 2013.
	Biographical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726537
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Historical fiction.
	Biographical fiction.
	Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2012.
Added Author	Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.
ISBN	9780761361695 (trade hard cover ; alk. paper)
	0761361693 (trade hard cover ; alk. paper)
	9781541514911 (pbk.)
	1541514912 (pbk.)

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