The lucky ones
(Book)
Author
Published
Somerville, Massachuetts: Candlewick Press, 2022.
ISBN
9781536222555, 1536222550
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Status
Westchester Public Library - Juvenile Stacks
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Westchester Public Library - Juvenile Stacks | Y JAC | On Shelf |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Addison Public Library - 1st Floor - Children's Books | jFIC JACKSON L. | On Shelf |
Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile Fiction | J Jackson, Linda Williams | On Shelf |
Beecher Community Library District - Juvenile Stacks | J JAC | On Shelf |
Bensenville Community Public Library District - Kids Fiction | Y JACKSON | On Shelf |
Berwyn Public Library - Juvenile Stacks | J TWEEN JACKSON | On Shelf |
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Published
Somerville, Massachuetts: Candlewick Press, 2022.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781536222555, 1536222550
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 5.2, 8 Points
Level 5.2, 8 Points
Notes
General Note
Includes author's note and brief note regarding the original version of Charlie and the chocolate factory -- pages 305-[310].
Description
"It's 1967, and eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown has big dreams. He's going to grow up to be a teacher or a lawyer--or maybe both--and live in a big brick house in town. There'll always be enough food in the icebox, and his mama won't have to run herself ragged looking for work as a maid in order to support Ellis Earl and his eight siblings and niece, Vera. So Ellis Earl applies himself at school, soaking up the lessons that Mr. Foster teaches his class--particularly those about famous colored people like Mr. Thurgood Marshall and Miss Marian Wright--and borrowing books from his teacher's bookshelf. When Mr. Foster presents him with a copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ellis Earl is amazed to encounter a family that's even worse off than his own--and is delighted by the Buckets' very happy ending. But when Mama tells Ellis Earl that he might need to quit school to help support the family, he wonders if happy endings are only possible in storybooks. Around the historical touchstone of Robert Kennedy's southern "poverty tour," Linda Williams Jackson pulls from her own childhood in the Mississippi Delta to tell a detail-rich and poignant story with memorable characters, sure to resonate with readers who have ever felt constricted by their circumstances."--From the Publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jackson, L. W. (2022). The lucky ones (First edition.). Candlewick Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jackson, Linda Williams. 2022. The Lucky Ones. Candlewick Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jackson, Linda Williams. The Lucky Ones Candlewick Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jackson, Linda Williams. The Lucky Ones First edition., Candlewick Press, 2022.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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