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Author:

Coleman, Evelyn, 1948-

Title:

Freedom Train / Evelyn Coleman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Margaret K. McElderry Books,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

140 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Freedom Train--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Bullies--Juvenile fiction.
Family life--Georgia--Juvenile fiction.
Atlanta (Ga.)--Juvenile fiction.
Georgia--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.

Summary:

Twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason's older brother is a guard on the Freedom Train, which is carrying the Bill of Rights and other documents throughout the country in 1948, but Clyde is also learning about rights and freedom as he is saved from a beating by an African American boy, and later returns the favor when men in their Atlanta suburb decide to show the "Nigras" their place.

ISBN:

0689847165 : HRD
9780689847165 : HRD

LCCN:

2007000953

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)