The Red Rose Box Contributor(s): Woods, Brenda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142501514 ISBN-13: 9780142501511 Publisher: Puffin Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2003 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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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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