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A wreath for Emmett Till

Nelson, Marilyn 1946- (Author). Lardy, Philippe, (illustrator.).

Summary: Presents fifteen interlinked sonnets to pay tribute to Emmitt Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, and whose murderers were acquitted.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780606144674
  • ISBN: 0606144676
  • ISBN: 0547076363
  • ISBN: 9780547076362
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 x 21 cm
    print
  • Publisher: Boston : Graphia, [2009]

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General Note:
Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader UG 6.3 0.5 0.5 104613
Awards Note:
Michael L. Printz Honor, 2006
Coretta Scott King (author) Honor, 2006
Subject: Till, Emmett 1941-1955 Juvenile poetry
Till, Emmett 1941-1955 Poetry
Till, Emmett 1941-1955 Poetry
African Americans Crimes against Juvenile poetry
African American teenage boys Juvenile poetry
Trials (Murder) Juvenile poetry
Murder victims Juvenile poetry
Hate crimes Juvenile poetry
Mississippi Juvenile poetry
Lynching Juvenile poetry
Children's poetry, American
African Americans Crimes against Poetry
African American teenage boys Poetry
Trials (Murder) Poetry
Murder victims Poetry
Hate crimes Poetry
Mississippi Poetry
Lynching Poetry
American poetry
African Americans Poetry
African American youth Poetry
Trials (Homicide) Poetry
Victims of crimes Poetry
Hate crimes Poetry
Mississippi Poetry
Lynching Poetry
Children's poetry
Genre: Poetry.
Fiction.

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Allentown Public Library YA 811.54 NELS (Text) 34455006682922 YA Nonfiction Available -

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