A bus of our own

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A bus of our own

Title:

A bus of our own

Author:

Evans, Freddi Williams.

Personal Author:

Evans, Freddi Williams.

Publication Information:

Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2001.

Physical Description:

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Summary:

Although she really wants to go to school, walking the five miles is very difficult for Mabel Jean and the other Black children, so she tries to find a way to get a bus for them the same as the white children have. Based on real events in Mississippi.

Language:

English

Reading Level:

AD 460 Lexile.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.4 0.5 54237.

Reading Counts RC K-2 3.1 2 Quiz: 26618 Guided reading level: M.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

School buses -- Juvenile fiction.

Segregation -- Juvenile fiction.