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A wreath for Emmett Till / Marilyn Nelson ; illustrated by Philippe Lardy.

Nelson, Marilyn, 1946- (Author). Lardy, Philippe, (illustrator.). Lardy, Philippe. (Added Author).

Summary:

Presents fifteen interlinked sonnets to pay tribute to Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a while woman, and whose murderers were acquitted.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0618397523
  • ISBN: 9780618397525
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 20 x 22 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page [34]).
Target Audience Note:
NP Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.3 0.5 104613.
Lexile not available
Subject:
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 > Juvenile poetry.
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 > Poetry.
African American teenage boys > Juvenile poetry.
African American teenage boys > Poetry.
African Americans > Juvenile poetry.
African Americans > Crimes against > Juvenile poetry.
African Americans > Crimes against > Poetry.
American poetry > Juvenile literature.
Children's poetry, American.
Hate crimes > Juvenile poetry.
Hate crimes > Poetry.
Lynching > Juvenile poetry.
Lynching > Poetry.
Murder victims > Juvenile poetry.
Murder victims > Poetry.
Trials (Murder) > Juvenile poetry.
Trials (Murder) > Poetry.
Mississippi > Juvenile poetry.
Mississippi > Poetry.
Genre:
Poetry.

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  • 23 of 23 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Sneads Ferry Branch Library J811.54 NEL (Text) 36015001138136 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -