Crossing Ebenezer Creek
by Tonya Bolden
On December 9, 1864, the Union Army crossed Ebenezer Creek in Georgia. Former slaves... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2017
Word Count 40,042
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 189207
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Brothers and sisters
- Love--Fiction
- Sherman's March to the Sea--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Freedmen--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- History
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- United States
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings
- Freedmen
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Sherman's March to the Sea
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- CPS Diversity 2018
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Tonya Bolden about Crossing Ebenezer Creek
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Tonya Bolden “Georgia On My Mind”
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In-depth Written Interview with Tonya Bolden
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 4

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
History Selection, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2019
Selection, 2017
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