A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers
By Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Raul Colon
Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 3.6
Lexile Measure®: 590L
DRA: 30-34
Guided Reading: N
Genre
- General Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Social Studies
- Character and Values
- African American
- Music
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About This Book
At the end of the Civil War, most colleges and universities were closed to blacks. Ella, born into slavery, hears of Fisk School, a college opened specifically to blacks. Soon, she and the other members of the school chorus must tour in the North to earn mAbout the Authors or Illustrators
Deborah Hopkinson is the author of such award-winning children’s books as Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt; Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings; A Band of Angels, and for the "Dear America" series, Hear My Sorrow.
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