Toussaint L'Ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom
by Walter Dean Myers and Jacob Lawrence
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African (Global)
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 1996
Word Count 1,295
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 930L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 14834, 0.5 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Juvenile literature
- Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804
- Revolution, 1791-1804
- Toussaint Louverture
- Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803--Portraits
- Pictorial works
- Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803--Juvenile literature.
- Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Juvenile literature
- Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Pictorial works
- History
- Haiti
- Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803
- Lists With This Book
- Teaching About Haiti
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Walter Dean Myers
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Walter Dean Myers
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 2

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 1997

Américas Award, 1993-2022
Commended, 1996
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