Title Loretta Little looks back : three voices go tell it: a monologue novel / By Andrea Davis Pinkney ; Illustrations by Brian Pinkney.

Publication Info.	Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
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New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J LP FIC PINKNEY	In Processing

Edition	Large print edition.
Description	321 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Series	Thorndike press large print striving reader collection
Summary	"Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B., members of the Little family, each present the vivid story of their young lives, spanning three generations. Their separate stories -- beginning in a cotton field in 1927 and ending at the presidential election of 1968 -- come together to create one unforgettable journey. Through an evocative mix of fictional first-person narratives, spoken-word poems, folk myths, gospel rhythms and blues influences, Loretta Little Looks Back weaves an immersive tapestry that illuminates the dignity of sharecroppers in the rural South. Inspired by storytelling's oral tradition, stirring vignettes are presented in a series of theatrical monologues that paint a gripping, multidimensional portrait of America's struggle for civil rights as seen through the eyes of the children who lived it. The novel's unique format invites us to walk in their shoes. Each encounters an unexpected mystical gift, passed down from one family member to the next, that ignites their experience what it means to reach for freedom"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages 8-12 Thorndike Press.
	Grades 4-6 Thorndike Press.
Subject	Large type books.
	Families -- Mississippi -- Juvenile fiction.
	African Americans -- Mississippi -- Juvenile fiction.
	Sharecroppers -- Juvenile fiction.
	Civil rights movements -- Juvenile fiction.
	Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
	Family life -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
	Sharecroppers -- Fiction.
	Civil rights movements -- Fiction.
	Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
	African Americans (OCoLC)fst00799558
	Civil rights movements (OCoLC)fst00862708
	Families (OCoLC)fst01728849
	Multiple sclerosis -- Juvenile fiction.
	Sharecroppers (OCoLC)fst01115254
	Mississippi (OCoLC)fst01207034
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Fiction (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Historical fiction (OCoLC)fst01726640
	History (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works (OCoLC)fst01411637
Subject	Multiple sclerosis -- Fiction.
Genre/Form	Historical fiction.
Subject	Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
ISBN	9781432889968 (hardcover)
	1432889966

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