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Amazing Grace--A Play in One Act
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 1,768 Ratings and 179 Reviews

Book Description
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do., When Grace hears that her class is putting on a production of "Peter Pan" she immediately decides she wants to play Peter. Some of her classmates tell her this is impossible, not only because she is a girl but also because she is Afric... More
Book Information
PublisherDramatic Publishing Company
BindingPaperback (25 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages44
ISBN-100871298090
ISBN-13978-0871298096
Publication Date05/19/1998
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About Mary Hoffman (Author) : Mary Hoffman is a published author, editor, illustrator, and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Mary Hoffman include Bravo, Grace!, Kings and Queens... more
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About Shay Youngblood (Author) : Shay Youngblood is a published author of children's books. A published credit of Shay Youngblood is Amazing Grace.
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1/25/2015 Alice Walters said:
I love this book! And Amazing Grace is for all children, not just girls. The story and illustrations make it a wonderful read aloud, with plenty of opportunities for student engagement. It's perfect for a book study with small groups to teach predictions, inferences, cause and effect, and sequence... more

tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read

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12/12/2011 Alyssa Rixe

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11/17/2009 jacklyn curb said:
This is the story of a little girl, Grace, who would not let other people get in her way of doing what she wanted to do. A few of her classmates told her she couldn’t be Peter Pan because she was a black girl. With her family by her side she knows in her heart she can be whatever she wants to be. ... more

tags: empowering, I recommend, Inspired me, I read

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