Through My Eyes
by Ruby Bridges and Margo Lundell
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- Grade
- PK-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1999
Word Count 11,246
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 36565, 2.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- New Orleans
- African American children--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- School integration--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature
- School integration--Louisiana--New Orleans
- African American children
- Bridges, Ruby--Juvenile literature
- New Orleans (La.)
- African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- African Americans
- School integration
- Louisiana
- New Orleans (La.)--Race relations
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Biography
- Bridges, Ruby
- Race relations
- Lists With This Book
- Bill of Rights through Fiction
- Exploring the Civil Rights Movement
- Black History Month Books
- Books for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Gender & Sexism
- Race & Racism
- Social Justice
- #BlackLivesMatter Reads - Kids
- Racism & Justice
- Anti-Racist Reading List
- Black History Biographies
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Awards & Distinctions 7

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2023
Winner, 2000

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2022
Winner, 2000

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2000

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
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