Rainbow Jordan
by Alice Childress
Women of four generations are portrayed as 14-year-old Rainbow attempts to find hope... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1982
Word Count 35,714
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 73934, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Mothers and daughters
- Foster home care--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Foster home care
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2021
Author Honor, 1982
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1981
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