Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice
by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard, and Jennifer Zivoin
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2018
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Police shootings--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Prejudices
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Prejudices--Fiction
- Police shootings
- Juvenile Fiction | Law & Crime
- Racism--Fiction
- Picture books
- Racism
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Race, Racism and Resistance
- How To Undo Racism And White Supremacy
Our Original Resources 3
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About the Authors 7
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2019
ILA Children’s Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2019
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