Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South
by Wade Hudson
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2021
Word Count 58,336
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 810L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 515723, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Civil rights movements--United States--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers--Louisiana--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Hudson, Wade--Juvenile literature
- African American boys--Louisiana--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Coming of age--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Louisiana--Social life and customs--20th century--Juvenile literature
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- Living Through Big Changes
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Wade Hudson about Defiant
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Wade Hudson
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Wade Hudson “Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South Virtual Book Tour”
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Invitation to Imagine from Wade Hudson
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Book Readings 2
Video Book Reading narrated by Wade Hudson
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Wade Hudson
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022
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