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The Red Rose Box
Contributor(s): Woods, Brenda (Author)

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ISBN: 0142501514     ISBN-13: 9780142501511
Publisher: Puffin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2003
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Annotation: On her tenth birthday, Leah receives a surprise gift from glamorous Aunt Olivia, Mamas only sister, who lives in Los Angeles. It is a red rose box. Not many people in 1958 Louisiana have seen such a beautiful traveling case, covered with red roses, filled with jewelry, silk bedclothes, expensive soaps. . . and train tickets to California. Soon after, Leah and her sister, Ruth, find themselves in Hollywood, far away from the cotton fields and Jim Crow laws. To Leah, California feels like freedom. But when disaster strikes back home, Leah and Ruth have to stay with Aunt Olivia permanently. Will freedom ever feel like home?
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2001018354
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 830(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.08" W x 7.75" L (0.27 lbs) 136 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Geographic Orientation - Louisiana
- Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
- Topical - Family
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 60015
Reading Level: 4.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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On her tenth birthday, Leah receives a surprise gift from glamorous Aunt Olivia, Mama's only sister, who lives in Los Angeles. It is a red rose box. Not many people in 1958 Louisiana have seen such a beautiful traveling case, covered with red roses, filled with jewelry, silk bedclothes, expensive soaps...and train tickets to California. Soon after, Leah and her sister, Ruth, find themselves in Hollywood, far away from cotton fields and Jim Crow laws. To Leah, California feels like freedom. But when disaster strikes back home, Leah and Ruth have to stay with Aunt Olivia permanently. Will freedom ever feel like home?
 
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