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?
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