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A Summer of Kings
Han Nolan
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9780152051082 Hardcover
0152051082
$17.00
352pages
Available
Trim Size:
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Copyright Year:
2006
Territory:
World
Ages: 12 years and up |
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Teacher Guide
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Synopsis |
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It's 1963 and fourteen-year-old Esther Young is looking for excitement. Cursed with a lack of talent in a family filled with artistic types, Esther vows to get some attention by initiating a summer romance with a black teen accused of murdering a white man in Alabama.
King-Roy Johnson shows up on Esther's doorstep that summer, an angry young man who feels betrayed by the nonviolent teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. Sent north by his mother to escape a lynch mob, he meets a follower of Malcolm X's who uses radical teachings about black revolution to fuel King-Roy's anger and frustration. But with each other's help, both Esther and King-Roy learn the true nature of integrity and find the power to stand up for what is right and true.
National Book Award-winning author Han Nolan brings readers a bold new voice--by turns funny and poignant, innocent and worldly--in this powerful coming-of-age story set during the turbulent struggle for civil rights.
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Biography |
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HAN NOLAN is the author of six previous highly acclaimed novels published by Harcourt.
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Awards |
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| Alabama Author Award [AL Lib Assoc] • Author Award |
| Voice for Youth Advocates (VOYA) Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers |
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General Subjects |
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Juvenile Fiction- Historical/United States/20th Century
Juvenile Fiction- Girls & Women
Juvenile Fiction- Social Situations/Adolescence
Juvenile Fiction- Social Situations/Prejudice & Racism
Juvenile Fiction- Social Situations/Self-Esteem & Self-Rel
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Curriculum Themes |
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| Family Relationships |
Historical Fiction- General
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History- General
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| Images of Strong Women |
| Love & Romance |
| People & Places: African American Intere |
| Social Situations |
Social Situations- Friendship
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Social Situations- Prejudice & Racism
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Social Situations- Self Esteem & Confidence
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Rights Details |
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Harcourt Children's Books
A Division ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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