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Going North

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4 out of 5
Based on 134 Ratings and 53 Reviews

Book Description
An African American family becomes a new kind of pioneer

Leaving behind Big Mama, loving relatives, and the familiar red soil and cotton fields of Alabama, Jessie and her family are going north to Nebraska. They are pioneers searching for a better life, one with decent schools and jobs. But traveling through the segregated South is difficult for an African American family in the 1960... More
Book Information
PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages40
ISBN-100374326819
ISBN-13978-0374326814
Publication Date09/08/2004
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About Janice N. Harrington (Author) : Janice N. Harrington is a published author of children's books. Published credits of Janice N. Harrington include Roberto Walks Home, The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County, Going North (Bccb Blue ... more
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About Jerome Lagarrigue (Author) : Jerome Lagarrigue is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Jerome Lagarrigue include Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins, Poetry for Young... more
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