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
• Sample: Bookworms Grade 4 Classroom Libr