Interest Level
Grades 9 - 12
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 9.0
Lexile Measure®: 1010L
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: NR
Theme/Subject
- Social Studies
- Character and Values
- African American
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About This Book
In his first novel, a classic written during the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes tells the coming-of-age story of a young black boy who discovers the joys and woes of being black in a small Midwestern town in the early twentieth century.About the Authors or Illustrators
Langston Hughes wrote more than 60 books, including poems, novels, short stories, plays, and children's poetry books such as The Dream Keepers. He was the first African American to support himself as a writer, and he wrote from his own experience.
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