Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
by Jabari Asim and Bryan Collier
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- Grade
- PK-4
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2012
Word Count 1,326
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 155677, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Washington, Booker T.
- African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature
- Educators
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Educators--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Childhood and youth
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2012
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