A lesson before dying
(Book)
Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
Format
Book
Edition
1st Vintage contemporaries ed.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 21 cm.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
Fiction Gaines, E
1 available
Fiction Gaines, E
1 available
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver La Farge - Adult | Fiction Gaines, E | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
Edition
1st Vintage contemporaries ed.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 4.4, 11 Points
Level 4.4, 11 Points
Lexile measure
750
Notes
Description
From the author of, A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man returns to 1940s Cajun, he visits and forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. In the 1940s in rural Louisiana, an uneducated African American man is sentenced to die for a crime he was incapable of committing.
Target Audience
750L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,4.4,11,10287.
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