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Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots
Contributor(s): Morrow, Gray (Illustrator), Millender, Dharathula H. (Author)

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ISBN: 0020418108 ISBN-13: 9780020418108
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 1986
Annotation: These lively, inspiring, believable biographies sweep today's young readers right into history.

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods

Dewey: B

LCCN: 86010779

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 750(Not Available)

Series: Childhood of Famous Americans (Paperback)

Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" L (0.30 lbs) 192 pages

Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Topical - Home Schooling

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 802
Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0

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Publisher Description:
Get to know runaway slave and American revolutionary Crispus Attucks in this middle grade nonfiction biography of his early years

Crispus Attucks was born into slavery around 1723, the son of an African American enslaved person and a Natick Indian. After years of forced labor in the Boston area, Crispus escaped and began working on trading ships and whaling vessels until his death in the Boston Massacre.

This book is laced with numerous illustrations, and the back of the book includes a timeline, questions, activities, and a glossary, making it the perfect addition to a classroom or home school setting. Perfect for emerging readers, the Childhood of Famous Americans series illustrates the incredible true stories of great Americans.

Contributor Bio(s): Millender, Dharathula H.: - Dharathula Millender was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. She earned a BS from Indiana State Teachers College and an MS from Purdue University. Mrs. Millender was a teacher and school librarian. She is the author of several books, including biographies of the young Crispus Attucks, Louis Armstrong, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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