Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story
by Ruby Bridges
The extraordinary true story of Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to integrate... read more
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- 1-6
- Genre
- Beginning / Early Reader
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2009
Word Count 450
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 470L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 134502, 0.5 AR Points
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- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- African American children--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Bridges, Ruby--Juvenile literature
- New Orleans (La.)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- School integration
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature
- New Orleans
- African American children--Biography
- School integration--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature
- African American children
- African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- Louisiana
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers | Beginner
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- Bridges, Ruby
- Race relations
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