Juba! / by Walter Dean Myers.

Title:

ISBN:

9780062112712

Personal Author:

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

Physical Description:

201 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Summary:

In Five Points, New York, in the 1840s, African American teenager William Henry "Juba" Lane works hard to achieve his dream of becoming a professional dancer but his real break comes when he is invited to perform in England. Based on the life of Master Juba; includes historical note.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 7.0 177136.

Personal Subject:

Lane, William Henry, approximately 1825-1852-Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Five Points (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction

Subject Term:

Dancers -- Fiction.

African Americans--New York (State)--New York -- Fiction.