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The Story of Ruby Bridges
Contributor(s): Coles, Robert (Author), Ford, George (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 1613831730 ISBN-13: 9781613831731
Publisher: Perfection Learning

OUR PRICE: $18.29

Binding Type: Prebound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2010

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical

Dewey: B

Age Level: 4-8

Grade Level: PreK-3

Lexile Measure: 730(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.32" H x 8.25" W x 10.19" L (0.67 lbs) 1 pages

Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American

Features: Ikids, Illustrated

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 14855
Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' powerful narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby's story of courage, faith, and hope is now available in this special 50th anniversary edition with an updated afterword

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