Pub Date: March 29, 2016
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2014038728
Lexile Code: 0740
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 09 to 13
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 7.50" L x 5.10" W ( 0.55 lbs) 352 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice Racism and Colorism | Historical | United States 20th Century | New Experience
Description: When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
Brief description: Sharon M. Draper is the New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Blended, and Out of My Heart. She's won Coretta Scott King Awards for Copper Sun and Forged by Fire and multiple honors. She's also the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Sharon taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. She lives in Florida. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.