Steamboat School

Missouri, 1847

When James first started school, his sister practically had to drag him there. The classroom was dark and dreary, and James knew everything outside was more exciting than anything he'd find inside.

But his teacher taught him otherwise. "We make our own light here," Reverend Meachum told James. And through hard work and learning, they did, until their school was shut down by a new law forbidding African American education in Missouri. Determined to continue teaching his students, Reverend John Berry Meachum decided to build a new school--a floating school in the Mississippi River, just outside the boundary of the unjust law.

Based on true events, Ron Husband's uplifting illustrations bring to life Deborah Hopkinson's tale of a resourceful, determined teacher; his bright, inquisitive students; and their refusal to accept discrimination based on the color of their skin.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 06/07/2016
ISBN: 9781423121961
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 11.00h x 10.20w x 0.30d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/28/2016
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2016
School Library Journal 06/01/2016 pg. 124
Booklist 06/01/2016 pg. 122
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2016

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 182431 / Steamboat School
Reading Level: 4.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5