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Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971-

Lena and the burning of Greenwood : a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story / Lena & the burning of Greenwood by Nikki Shannon Smith ; illustrated by Markia Jenai. - 103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Girls survive .

Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921, racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set on killing and destroying the district--and as the violence escalates Lena, her parents, and her older sister search desperately for a safe place to hide from the mob.

3-6 3.7 580L Lexile

ISBN: 9781663990563 9781666329445 1663990565 1666329444

LCCN: 2021033200

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
African American families--Oklahoma--Tulsa--Fiction.
Tulsa Race Massacre--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Oklahoma - Tulsa.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tulsa (Okla.)--History--20th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.S6566 / Le 2022

Dewey Class. No.: F SMI