Title:
Robert Smalls : tales of the talented tenth / words and pictures, Joel Christian Gill.
ISBN:
9781682750667
9781713730859
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2021]
©2021
Physical Description:
vi, 119 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
General Note:
Chiefly illustrations.
"Black history in action. The true story of the greatest heist of the Civil War: Robert Smalls steals the Confederate Planter! True adventures of amazing African Americans" -- front cover.
Series summary: "Tales of the Talented Tenth is a graphic novel series that focuses on the adventures of amazing African Americans in action. With vivid and whimsical art, these graphic novels are accessible to adults, teens, and young readers. They bring to life not only an extraordinary tale of adventure but also the history of previously disenfranchised peoples." -- page [4] of cover.
Summary:
Do you know the story of the slave who sailed himself to freedom? This book tells the true story of Robert Smalls, an enslaved African who pulled off one of the most daring and largest heists of the Civil War. Come along for the adventure as Robert earns a job working for the CSS Planter, escapes to freedom, and goes on to become a first-generation Black politician. -- page [4] of cover.
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Subject Term:
Audience:
Decoding demand: 82 (very high) Semantic demand: 99 (very high) Syntactic demand: 49 (medium) Structure demand: 84 (very high) Lexile
Interest age level:
Ages 12-up.
Audience:
HL290L Lexile
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Series Sequence:
OCLC Number:
on1252771701
Availability:
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