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
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2000
Word Count 36,399
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 35834
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
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