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Author Nelson, Marilyn, 1946-

Title A wreath for Emmett Till / Marilyn Nelson ; illustrated by Philippe Lardy.

Imprint Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Poetry  F NELSON    ---  Available
Description 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 20 x 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In: ALA Booklist
ALA Notable Book For Children
ALA Best Book For Young Adults
Bulletin(Center for Children's Books)
Summary Poem recounts the life of Emmett Louis Till, who at age fourteen, was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a white woman and whose short life helped spark the American Civil Rights Movement.
Audience 6.3 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR 6.3 0.5 PCMS
Subject Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Poetry.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Poetry.
African American teenage boys -- Poetry.
Trials (Homicide) -- Poetry.
Murder victims -- Poetry.
Hate crimes -- Poetry.
Lynching -- Poetry.
American poetry.
Mississippi -- Poetry.
Added Author Lardy, Philippe, illustrator.
ISBN 0618397523 : $17.92

 
    
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