Light in the darkness
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Author
Cline-Ransome, Lesa.
Contributors
Ransome, James, illustrator.
Published
New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, [2013].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Status
On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books
Fiction Cline-Ransome, L
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Published
New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, [2013].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 3.6, 1 Points
Lexile code
AD
Lexile measure
580

Notes

General Note
"A story about how slaves learned in secret"--Cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Risking a whipping if they are discovered, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field where they learn to read and write in a pit school.
Target Audience
AD580L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 55 (medium),Semantic demand: 72 (high),Syntactic demand: 90 (very high),Structure demand: 88 (very high),Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,LG,3.6,0.5,156353.

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Subjects

LC Subjects
African Americans -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Fiction.
Learning -- Fiction.
Reading -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
African Americans -- Fiction.
Learning -- Fiction.
Reading -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction.