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Abby Takes a Stand

Series: Scraps of Time (Book #1)

by Patricia McKissack Illustrated by Gordon C. James

Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.

Ages: 8, 10
Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.0
Lexile Measure: 580L
DRA: 34-38
Guided Reading: P
Publisher: Puffin Books
Number of Pages: 104
Genre: Historical Fiction

About the Author and Illustrator

Patricia McKissack Full-time writer, Patricia McKissack and her husband Fredrick L. McKissack have written over one hundred books about the African-American experience.

Gordon C. James