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Calico Girl
Author: Nolen, Jerdine

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2018)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: xii, 164 p., 19 cm

BTSB No: 678692

ISBN: 9781481459815

Ages: 8-12

Grades: 3-7

Subjects:
Slavery -- Fiction
Family life -- Virginia -- Fiction
Race relations -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction
United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War -- Fiction

Price: $7.37

Summary:
Callie struggles to understand slavery when her stepbrother is sold away at the start of the Civil War, but is determined her whole family will be free one day.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 5.10
   Points: 5.0   Quiz: 189299

Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (12/15/16)
Booklist (12/15/16)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/02/17)

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