Free at Last!: Stories and Songs of Emancipation

Contributor(s): Rappaport, Doreen (Author), Evans, Shane W (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780763631475

Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)

Binding Types:

Paperback

$9.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$22.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$21.74 (100+ copies: $20.99)

List/retail price:

$9.99

Pub Date: September 12, 2006

Dewey: 973.0496073

Lexile Code: 0910

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 09 to 12

Physical Info: 0.20" H x 11.20" L x 9.50" W ( 0.85 lbs) 64 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000076339 ( Free at Last!: Stories and Songs of Emancipation)

Reading level: 5.90

Interest level: MG

Point value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Spirituals, work songs, blues lyrics, poems, and a compelling narrative recount the experience of black Americans in the South from the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 through the dawn of the Civil Rights era in 1954.

Review Quotes: Rappaport and Evans reprise the passion and power that informed their 2002 collaboration, shining their spotlight on the progess and struggles of African Americans from 1863 to 1954. Vigorous prose is punctuated by poems, songs, and excerpts from primary sources, all of which illuminate the peculiar experiences of a people freed and still not free.
-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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