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March forward, girl : from young warrior to Little Rock Nine / by Melba Pattillo Beals ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.

Beals, Melba, (author.). Morrison, Frank, 1971- (illustrator.).

Summary:

A member of the Little Rock Nine shares her memories of growing up in the South under Jim Crow.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781328882127
  • ISBN: 1328882128
  • ISBN: 9781328603920
  • Physical Description: x,214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Prequel to "Warriors don't cry."
Formatted Contents Note:
I'll figure it out later -- When fear comes home -- Black is an inconvenient color -- A head full of questions -- A church full of angels -- Rules of my survival -- Dimming the light of my dream -- Into the real world outside -- I'm not alone -- Becoming a real student -- The world is my birthday gift -- Hope that the world can be mine -- Blessed -- Santa is in town -- Television and bomb shelters -- Finding my piece of the pie -- Angel in a white sheet -- Who is Jim Crow? -- My life forges ahead -- Marching forward.
Target Audience Note:
Middle School
950 Lexile
950L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.9 7 192409.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)
Subject: Beals, Melba > Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
School integration > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African American students > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Little Rock (Ark.) > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
United States > History > 1953-1961 > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 29 of 30 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 30 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marion Library 323.092 BEA (Text) 37810435595243 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bailey Public Library YA B BEALS (Text) 37807000006372 Young Adult Nonfiction Available -
Beaufort Main YA B BEALS (Text) 34208203857403 Young Adult Biography Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library J B BEALS (Text) 37807000017738 Juvenile Biography Available -
Bryan Memorial Library J B Beals (Text) 810191001676435 Juvenile Biography Available -
East Asheville Library YA 323.092 BEA (Text) 0020511745554 Young Adult Nonfiction Available -
Etowah Branch BEALS (Text) 33258008392370 Young Adult Biography Available -
Fletcher Branch BEALS (Text) 33258008380664 Young Adult Biography Available -
Henderson Main Branch BEALS (Text) 33258008380672 Young Adult Biography Available -
J.C. Holliday Library J B Beals (Text) 810191001676451 Juvenile Biography Available -