Author: Russell Freedman
Why Selected: Award winner and author suggestion
Literary Merit: Non-Fiction account of a famous African-American female singer and her struggle with Civil Rights and segregation. Well written story that reads a lot better than other Non-Fiction.
Share: A lesson on humanities or to study the civil right movement.
Appeal: Grades 3-6 and maybe higher.
Awards: Sibert - 2005
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