Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip Hoose
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2009
Word Count 32,581
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1000L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 129138, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Montgomery
- Civil rights
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Political
- Segregation in transportation
- Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- African American civil rights workers
- African Americans--Segregation--Alabama--Montgomery--History--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- African Americans
- History
- African American teenage girls--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Segregation in transportation--Alabama--Montgomery--History--Juvenile literature
- Alabama
- African Americans--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Colvin, Claudette, 1939---Juvenile literature
- Colvin, Claudette
- Montgomery (Ala.)
- African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Race relations
- Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography--Juvenile literature
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Awards & Distinctions 11
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2010
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 2010
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2010
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2010
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2010
YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2010
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2009
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