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Stella by starlight

When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.

Main Author: Draper, Sharon M. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > Juvenile Fiction.
Prejudices > Juvenile fiction.
Segregation > Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
North Carolina > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary: When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
Physical Description: 320 pages ; 22 cm
Audience: 009-013.
ISBN: 9781442494978 (hbk.)
1442494972 (hbk.)
9781442494985 (pbk.)
1442494980 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Sharon M. Draper was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 21, 1952. She taught high school English for twenty-five years and received numerous honors including Ohio Teacher of the Year and the NCNW Excellence in Teaching Award. She has also written numerous books including Romiette and Julio, Darkness before Dawn, Double Dutch, and the Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs series. She is a a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Literary Award for Copper Sun, Forged by Fire, Tears of a Tiger, The Battle of Jericho, and November Blues. Her title Out of My Mind made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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