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Title Juba! / a novel by Walter Dean Myers.

Publication Info.

New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
PCMS Historical Fiction	F MYERS	---	Available
PHS Fiction	HI F Myers	---	Available

Edition	First edition.
Description	201 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
	text rdacontent
	unmediated rdamedia
	volume rdacarrier
Study Program	AR UG RL 5.3 7.0 177136 PCMS.
Note	"Based on a true story" -- jacket
Audience	LEX 850
Summary	In Five Points, New York, in the 1840s, African American teenager William Henry "Juba" Lane works hard to achieve his dream of becoming a professional dancer but his real break comes when he is invited to perform in England.
Audience	Ages 15 & up.
	Grades 10 & up.
Awards	A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
Subject	Lane, William Henry, approximately 1825-1852 -- Juvenile fiction.
	Lane, William Henry, approximately 1825-1852 -- Fiction.
	Lane, William Henry, approximately 1825-1852 -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
	Dancers -- Juvenile fiction.
	Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
	African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
	Dancers -- Fiction.
	Race relations -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
	Dancers -- Fiction.
	Race relations -- Fiction.
	Five Points (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile fiction.
	London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- Juvenile fiction.
	Five Points (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction.
	London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- Fiction.
	Five Points (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction.
	London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- Fiction.
ISBN	9780062112712 (hardcover)