Mississippi trial, 1955

Resource Information

The work Mississippi trial, 1955 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Mississippi trial, 1955

Statement of responsibility

Chris Crowe

Creator

• Crowe, Chris

Subject

• Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction
• Fathers and sons -- Fiction
• Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Fiction
• Mississippi -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
• Racism -- Fiction
• Historical fiction, American -- Juvenile fiction
• African Americans -- Fiction
• Mississippi -- Race relations -- Fiction
• Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
• Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
• Grandfathers -- Fiction
• African Americans -- Mississippi -- Juvenile fiction
• Racism -- Juvenile fiction
• Murder -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Historical fiction, American

Language

eng

Summary

In Mississippi in 1955, a sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African American from Chicago

Awards note

American Library Association-YA (2003); Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Sciences (2003); International Reading Association Award.

Cataloging source

UOK

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Young Adult
• 870

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.C8853845

LC item number

Mi 2003

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Reading level

• 5.5.
• 5.7.

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader
• Reading Counts!

Target audience

adolescent