Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
by Patricia C. McKissack • Book 18 of the Dear America Series
Twelveyearold Nellie Lee's family moves north to Chicago in hopes of escaping the... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2000
Word Count 36,399
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 35834, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Lists With This Book
- Exploring Tennessee
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