Title:
Steamboat school : inspired by a true story, St. Louis, Missouri: 1847 / by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Ron Husband.
ISBN:
9781423121961
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, 2016.
Physical Description:
36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
General Note:
"Inspired by a true story."
"St. Louis, Missouri: 1847."
Summary:
In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader LG 4.2 0.5 182431
Personal Subject:
Added Author:
Audience:
AD660L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocn914193945
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
