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• Title:This promise of change : one girl's story in the fight for school equality / Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy.
  
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• Variant Title:One girl's story in the fight for school equality
  
• Author/Creator:Boyce, Jo Ann Allen, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Levy, Debbie, author.
  Bloomsbury Children's Books, publisher.
  
• Published/Created:New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019.
  ©2019
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: F444.C68 B69 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Boyce, Jo Ann Allen--Juvenile literature.
  African American teenage girls--Tennessee--Clinton--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  African American students--Tennessee--Clinton--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  School integration--Tennessee--Clinton--Juvenile literature.
  African American students--Tennessee--Clinton--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  African American teenage girls--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  African American students--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  School integration--Juvenile literature.
  Clinton (Tenn.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
  
• Genre/Form:Autobiographies.
  Narrative poetry.
  Didactic poetry.
  
• Description:310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann--clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students--found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and notes from the authors on the co-writing process"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Target Audience:Age 10-12.
  Grade level 4-6.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9781681198521 hardcover
  1681198525 hardcover
  9781681198538 electronic book
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Mine, Theirs, and Ours
  pt. 2 Me, Myself, And I
  pt. 3 Getting Ready (May to August 1956)
  pt. 4 Down the Hill (Late August to Labor Day).
  pt. 5 Try Again (Three Weeks in September)
  pt. 6 Fear (Late September to Mid-November)
  pt. 7 Going Downhill (Mid-November to December)
  More about Jo Ann
  Clinton in Context
  Other Members of the Clinton 12.