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Mississippi Trial, 1955
Contributor(s): Crowe, Chris (Author)

ISBN: 0142501921 ISBN-13: 9780142501924
Publisher: Speak

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Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2003
Annotation: At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer, and Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to "know their place." When Emmett's tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing. But what will it cost him to know? Mississippi Trial, 1955 is a gripping read, based on true events that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 12-UP

Grade Level: 7-UP

Lexile Measure: 870(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.1" W x 6.6" L (0.35 lbs) 240 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1950's
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Mississippi

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 59706
Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel. This gripping read is based on the true events of the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation's most notorious crimes that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.

At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer. Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to know their place. When Emmett's tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing. But what will it cost him to know?

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