Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl / Tonya Bolden.
2005
CMC F128.9.N4 B65 2005 (Mapit)
Available at Children's Materials Collection
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Title
Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl / Tonya Bolden.
Author
ISBN
0810950456
Published
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Language
English
Description
47 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 x 27 cm
Item Number
9780810950450
Call Number
CMC F128.9.N4 B65 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
974.7/1/00496073
Summary
Based on an actual memoir written by Maritcha Remond Lyons, who was born and raised in New York City, this poignant story tells what it was like to be a black child born free during the days of slavery. Everyday experiences are interspersed with hight-point moments, such as visiting the U.S.'s first world's fair. Also included are the Draft Riots of 1863, when Maritcha and her siblings fled to Brooklyn while her parents stayed behind to protect their home. The book concludes with her fight to attend a whites-only high school in Providence, Rhode Island, and her triumphant victory, making her the first black person in its graduating class. The book includes photographs of Maritcha, her family, and friends, as well as archival and contemporary maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Note
Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).
Audience
1190L Lexile
Awards
James Madison Book Award, 2006.
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