Mississippi Trial, 1955
Chris Crowe$8.49
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Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel. This gripping read is based on the true events of the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation's most notorious crimes that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.
At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer. Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to know their place. When Emmett's tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing. But what will it cost him to know?
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Speak
Published: 11/24/2003
ISBN: 9780142501924
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.60h x 4.10w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 59706 / Mississippi Trial, 1955
Reading Level: 5.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9
At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer. Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to know their place. When Emmett's tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing. But what will it cost him to know?
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Speak
Published: 11/24/2003
ISBN: 9780142501924
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.60h x 4.10w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 59706 / Mississippi Trial, 1955
Reading Level: 5.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9