Cracking the Wall
The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine
From the Series On My Own History
In 1957, nine teenagers were chosen to be the first black students to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. A small group of people in Little Rock, including the governor of Arkansas, wanted to keep them out. But those nine students knew they had a right to a good education. And they would do anything to crack the wall that had kept black people and white people apart.
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| Interest Level | Grade 2 - Grade 4 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 3 |
| Genre | Social Studies |
| Category | 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity, Diverse Books: Social Justice, Diversity |
| Copyright | 1997 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Brand | On My Own Books |
| Imprint | First Avenue Editions ™, Millbrook Press ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 48 |
| Publication Date | 1997-08-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 3.5 |
| Text Type | Narrative Nonfiction |
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| BISACS | JNF007020, JNF050000, JNF053140 |
| Dewey | 379.2'63'0976773 |
| Graphics | Full-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 5.875 x 8.5 |
| Lexile | 540 |
| Guided Reading Level | R |
| ATOS Reading Level | 3.5 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 25249 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
| Features | Awards, Reviewed, and Teaching Guides |
Author: Eileen Lucas
Eileen (O’Donnell) Lucas grew up in Chicago, spent a semester in college in Ireland, and graduated from Western Illinois University. She lived near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, for over 20 years, where her sons Travis and Brendan were born. She worked as a freelance writer and an elementary and middle school teacher during these years. She now lives in Florida, where she loves to go to the beach and listen to Jimmy Buffett music. She also loves to visit her trailer in the woods in central Wisconsin, where she takes care of her garden and hikes in the pines. Besides nonfiction children’s books, she writes for an educational software publishing company in Wisconsin.
Illustrator: Mark Anthony
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On My Own History
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Awards
- Arkansiana Award