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Format:
Book
Title:
Through my eyes
ISBN:
9780590189231

9780590546300
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Scholastic Press, 1999.
Physical Description:
63 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents:
Preface to my story -- Born in the Deep South -- A new home -- One year in an all-black school -- My mother breaks the news -- November 14, 1960 -- The first day at William Frantz -- Going home -- My first white teacher -- What a passerby wrote -- Some show courage -- Another first grader -- Three little girls at McDonogh -- Riots in New Orleans -- A week of trouble -- We are not alone -- More support as I go back to school -- Through the Winter with Mrs. Henry -- I draw pictures for Dr. Coles -- I have trouble eating and sleeping -- The end of first grade -- Mrs. Henry is gone -- Some major events of the Civil Rights Movement and where New Orleans school integration fits in -- Let me bring you up to date!.
Summary:
Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Middle Grade 5.9 2.0 Kilgore Intermediate.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.9 2.0 36565.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.6 3 Quiz: 17389 Guided reading level: W.
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