The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
by Wes Moore
Two kids with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2010
Word Count 64,553
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 990L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 144360
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Prisoners--Maryland--Biography
- 20th century
- Youth
- Baltimore (Md.)--Social conditions--20th century
- Youth--Conduct of life
- Moore, Wes, 1975---Childhood and youth
- Moore, Wes, 1978---Childhood and youth
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Prisoners
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- Maryland
- Conduct of life
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Moore, Wes
- African Americans
- Baltimore
- History
- Violence
- Violence--Maryland--Baltimore--History--20th century
- Social conditions
- Baltimore (Md.)--Biography
- Childhood and youth
- Biography / Autobiography
- Baltimore (Md.)
- African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore--Social conditions--20th century
- African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore--Biography
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