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A Song for Harlem, 1928
Contributor(s): McKissack, Patricia (Author)

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ISBN: 0142412384     ISBN-13: 9780142412381
Publisher: Puffin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: January 2009
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Annotation: Harlem in its heydaythe 1920sis the backdrop for the next Scraps of Time story. For Lilly Belle, the capital of Black America is about as far from her hometown of Smyrna, Tennessee, as a twelve-year-old can getmaybe not in miles but certainly in mind set. A summer program for gifted young writers opens a new world. Jazz music in the street lulls her to sleep, her classroom is in a mansion called the Dark Tower, and the author Zora Neale Hurston is her teacher, helping Lilly Belle come to a deeper understanding of the power of words, especially her own. Once again Patricia C. McKissack builds an involving story around real events and famous figures.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes)
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 590(Not Available)
Series: Scraps of Time (Quality)
Physical Information: 0.29" H x 5.2" W x 7.74" L (0.21 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 1920's
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Tennessee
- Cultural Region - Mid-South
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region - South
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 116580
Reading Level: 4.1   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:
A historical chapter book series from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author, Patricia C. McKissack.

For Lilly Belle, ?the capital of Black America? is about as far from her hometown of Smyrna, Tennessee, as a twelve-year-old can get?maybe not in miles but certainly in mindset. Then a summer program for gifted young writers opens a whole new world for Lilly Belle. Jazz music in the street lulls her to sleep, her classroom is in a mansion, and the author Zora Neale Hurston is her teacher, helping her understand the power of words, especially her own. Once again, award-winning author Patricia C. McKissack builds an involving story around real events and famous figures.

McKissack writes with empathy for the characters as well as a good eye for details that bring the period to life. --Booklist

 
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