This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
A compelling, present-tense narrative combines poems in teenage Jo Ann Allen’s... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2019
Word Count 24,938
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1000L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 199651
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Clinton (Tenn.)
- School integration--Tennessee
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - State & Local
- Boyce, Jo Ann Allen
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- School integration--Tennessee--Clinton--Juvenile literature
- School integration
- Juvenile Nonfiction | School & Education
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Tennessee--Race relations
- African American students
- Tennessee
- African American teenage girls--Tennessee--Clinton--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Clinton (Tenn.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature
- Clinton
- African American students--Tennessee--Clinton--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Boyce, Jo Ann Allen--Juvenile literature
- African American youth--Tennessee--Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- African American teenage girls
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- Race relations
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy about This Promise of Change
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Debbie Levy
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Donna Allen
Created by Bloomsbury USA
Awards & Distinctions 9

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Honor, 2020

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2020

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2020
Winner, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Middle Selection, 2019

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2019
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