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Papa's Mark

Papa's Mark

By Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert, illustrated by Colin Bootman

Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 2.1

Lexile Measure®: 430L

DRA: 28

Guided Reading: M

Genre

  • General Fiction
  • Historical Fiction

Theme/Subject

  • Social Studies
  • Character and Values
  • African American
  • World History

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About This Book

It's election time in Lamar County, and young Simms wants to teach his illiterate father how to sign his own name so that he can get a ballot and vote in his first election.

About the Authors or Illustrators

Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
Battle-Lavert is an assistant professor of education at Indiana Wesleyan University.
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