Scraps of Time: Abby Takes a Stand
by Patricia C. McKissack Illustrated by Gordon C. James
Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.
- Ages
- 8, 10
- Interest Level
- Grades 3 - 5
- Lexile Measure
- 580L
- DRA
- 40
- Guided Reading
- Q
- Publisher
- Viking Books
- Number of Pages
- 112
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
About the Author and Illustrator
Patricia C. McKissack
Full-time writer, Patricia McKissack and her husband Fredrick L. McKissack have written over one hundred books about the African-American experience.
Gordon C. James
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