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With the might of angels the diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson

In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.

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Main Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Dear America
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School integration > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Virginia > Juvenile fiction.
Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
Virginia > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.
Item Description:"Hadley, Virginia, 1954"--Cover.
Physical Description:324 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
ISBN:9780545297059 (hbk.)
0545297052 (hbk.)
Author Notes:Andrea Davis Pinkney is the author of more than twenty books for children and young adults, including the Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters ; Duke Ellington , a Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor Book; Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation ; and most recently the New York Times bestseller Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down . She lives in New York City, where she also works as a children's book editor.

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