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| Genre/Form: | Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: McKissack, Pat, 1944- Goin' someplace special. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001 (OCoLC)649908905 |
| Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Pat McKissack; Jerry Pinkney |
| ISBN: | 0689818858 9780689818851 |
| OCLC Number: | 43050147 |
| Notes: | "An Anne Schwartz book." |
| Awards: | Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 2002. |
| Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Patricia C. McKissack ; Jerry Pinkney. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.
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A nice addition to any library.
The book Goin' Somplace Special is about a girl whose parents thought she was old enough to go somewhere by herself when people were segregated. "I thought it was a very interesting book." --student. The girl is going to the library which is the "someplace special." An excellent...
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The book Goin' Somplace Special is about a girl whose parents thought she was old enough to go somewhere by herself when people were segregated. "I thought it was a very interesting book." --student. The girl is going to the library which is the "someplace special." An excellent book for Black History Month.
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