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Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
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4.1 out of 5
Based on 75 Ratings and 32 Reviews

Book Description
Booker dreamed
of making friends with words,
setting free the secrets
that lived in books.

Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents ... More
Book Information
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers
BindingHardcover
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages48
ISBN-100316086576
ISBN-13978-0316086578
Publication Date12/04/2012
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About Bryan Collier (Author) : Bryan Collier is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Bryan Collier include Doo-Wop Pop, Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship, Barack Oba... more
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About Jabari Asim (Author) : Jabari Asim is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Jabari Asim include Daddy Goes to Work, Whose Knees are These?, Whose Toes are Those?.
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