The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement
by Teri Kanefield
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2014
Word Count 10,153
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1100L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 159626, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Women civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Virginia
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Segregation in education
- Women civil rights workers
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Powell, Barbara Johns, 1935-1991--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers
- Women
- Civil rights movements
- Powell, Barbara Johns
- African Americans
- History
- Virginia--Race relations--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Segregation in education--Virginia--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Race relations
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- African American Experience
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2023
Commended, 2015

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2023
Winner, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2014
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