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Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968  Cover Image Book Book

Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 / Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.

Summary:

This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination--when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781629797182
  • ISBN: 1629797189
  • Physical Description: 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliography.
Target Audience Note:
800L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 4.9 0.5 0.5 197315
Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King honor, 2019.
Subject: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Juvenile fiction.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Assassination > Juvenile fiction.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 > Juvenile fiction.
Labor movement > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Social conditions > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Accelerated reader > Juvenile literature.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Picture books.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at York County Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Kids 331.8 DUN Nonfiction (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2018: In Memory of Joyce Deardorff
34007002326390 Childrens Area Available -
Martin Library Kids 331.8 DUN Nonfiction (Text) 33454005635750 Childrens Area Available -

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