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P.S. Be eleven Cover Image Book Book

P.S. Be eleven

Williams-Garcia, Rita, (author.). DiSiena, Laura Lyn, (typographer.). Amistad (Firm), (publisher.). HarperCollins (Firm), (publisher.).

Summary:

The Gaither sisters are back in Brooklyn, where changes large and small come to their household as they grow up during the turbulent 1960s.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780061938627
  • ISBN: 0061938629
  • ISBN: 9780061938634
  • ISBN: 0061938637
  • ISBN: 9780061938641
  • ISBN: 0061938645
  • Physical Description: [8], 274 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Sequel to: One crazy summer.
"Typography by Laura DiSiena."--Title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note:
A grand Negro spectacle -- Opression -- My girl -- Herkimer Street -- Heckle and Jeckle -- My darling daughters -- P.S. be eleven -- Meeting Miss Hendrix -- To and from Cecile -- School shopping -- I want you back -- At Madison Square Garden -- Doves -- The mummy jar -- Grade six -- The subject was Zambia -- Your mother. Nzila -- Hooah -- Uncle D's bag -- Half-moons and squiggles -- Brooklyn magic -- Sonny Bono has a big nose -- Chinua Achebe -- Sick visit -- Through the grapevine -- Jack and the giant -- Twelve -- Hee Haw square dance -- Suited to be president -- Sweetie and honey -- True-blue -- Change of seasons -- Another drumroll -- Taste of power -- Never on a Sunday -- My girls -- I'm not Muhammad -- Quick-fast-in-a-hurry -- Every good-bye -- Merry like Christmas -- Real -- On Atlantic Avenue -- Dance, grade six -- Who's loving you?
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 8.0 158513.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 4.7 12 Quiz: 60751.
Accelerated Reader MG 4.6 8.
Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King Award, 2014.

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