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Author:

Pinkney, Andrea Davis.

Title:

With the might of angels [sound recording] : Dear America, the [second] diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson 1954 / Andrea Davis Pinkney.

Format:

[sound recording] :

Publisher:

Scholastic Audiobooks

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

5 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 bonus enhanced disc.

Subject:

School integration--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Virginia--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans.
Diaries--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Virginia--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

Unabridged. Disc 6 is a bonus enhanced disc with historical images & an exclusive interview with the author. Compact disc. Subtitle information on disc: Dear America, the second diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson. Lexile: 740. Read by Channie Waites.

Summary:

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, twelve-year-old Dawn Rae Johnson is sent to a previously all-white school in the fall of 1955. As she quickly learns, racism is rife at her new school. When her brother is bullied and her father loses his job, Dawnie starts to question if integration is worth the trouble.

Series:

Dear America

ISBN:

0545354056
9780545354059

Locations:

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)