Mama's window / by Lynn Rubright ; afterword by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrations by Duane Smith.
His dying mother's insistence leads an eleven-year-old black child to be raised by his disabled uncle, in the swamps of the Mississipi Delta in the early 1900s, and to recall her tireless work to fund a stained glass window for her church.
Record details
- ISBN: 1584301600
- ISBN: 9781584301608
- ISBN: 1574801600
- ISBN: 9781574801606
- Physical Description: 89 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Lee & Low Books, [2005]
- Copyright: ©2005
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Very loosely based on a childhood incident in the life of the Reverend Owen Whitfield, an African American sharecropper and minister who was vice-president of the integrated Southern Tenant Farmer's Union in Arkansas in the 1930s. |
| Target Audience Note: | 770L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 2 87457. |
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| Genre: | Fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Toe River Valley Regional Library .
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell County Public Library | JFIC RUB (Text) | 32222002304196 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
