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Author:

Gould-Lundy, Kathy.

Title:

In a class of her own / written by Kathy Gould Lundy ; illustrated by Jeff Alward.

Publisher:

Rubicon/Steck-Vaughn,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

48 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Bridges, Ruby.
School integration--New Orleans.--New Orleans.--Comic books, strips, etc.
Race relations--Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.

Other Authors:

Alward, Jeff.

Notes:

This reader is a combination of nonfiction and graphic format. Some copies may be the hardcover Fitzgerald Books edition. Includes chronology and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Nighttime fears (graphic) -- The end of "separate but equal" (nonfiction) -- The long road to learning (graphic) -- The problem we all live with (nonfiction) -- Lunchtime blues (graphic) -- A class of one (nonfiction) -- The family in trouble (graphic) -- The community comes together (nonfiction) -- Integrated at last! (graphic) -- Class reunion (nonfiction) -- Ruby's bridges (nonfiction)

Summary:

It is the year 1960. A six-year-old girl named Ruby Bridges makes history by being the first African American child to attend an all-white school in New Orleans. What is she up against?

Series:

Timeline (Steck-Vaughn)

ISBN:

9781419032127
1419032127

Locations:

SBPB074 -- Dunkerton Public Library (Dunkerton)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)