Miller, William, 1959-

Richard Wright and the library card / Making Meaning : Grade 5 Unit 6 by William Miller ; illustrated by Gregory Christie. - 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. - Center for the Collaborative Classroom : Making Meaning ; Grade 5 Unit 6 .

Wilson's Children, October 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2008. Booklist, December 1997. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 1998. Kirkus Review, November 1997. L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 1999.

Based on a scene from Wright's autobiography, "Black Boy", in which the seventeen-year-old African-American borrows a white man's library card and devours every book as a ticket to freedom.

4.6 3-6 700L Lexile Q Fountas

9781880000885 1880000881 1600600212 (set) 1600600239 (set) 9781880000571 1880000571 9781600600210 9781600600234 9780605026834

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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 --Juvenile fiction.
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 --Fiction.


African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Libraries--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Libraries--Fiction.

PZ7.M63915 / Ri 1997

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