| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references (page 39), glossary and index. |
| NOTE |
Accelerated Reader LG 5.1 0.5 164558 |
| Summary |
"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
AD870L Lexile |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
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Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor, 2015 ; Robert F. Sibert Honor, 2015 ; Orbis Pictus Honor, 2015; Américas Award, 2015; Carter G. Woodson Book Award, Elementary Level, 2015; Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, 2015; Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, 2015. |
| Subject |
Mendez, Sylvia, 1936- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Discrimination in education -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Hispanic Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature.
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Hispanic Americans -- Education -- Juvenile literature.
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School integration -- Juvenile literature.
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School integration -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Picture books for children.
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| Other title |
Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation |
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Sylvia Mendez and her family's fight for desegregation |
| ISBN |
9781419710544
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1419710540
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