| Description |
243 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Ages 8-12. Crown Books for Young Readers. |
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Grades 4-6. Crown Books for Young Readers. |
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630L Lexile |
| Summary |
Lamar can’t wait to start his filmmaking career like his idol Spike Lee. And leave behind his small town of Morton, Louisiana. But for now, Lamar has to learn how to be a filmmaker while getting to know his grandfather. When Gramps talks about his activism and Black history, Lamar doesn’t think much about it. Times have changed since the old Civil Rights days! Right? He has a white friend named Jeff who wants to be a filmmaker, too, even though Jeff’s parents never let him go to Lamar’s Black neighborhood. But there’s been progress in town. Right? Then Gramps is killed in a traffic altercation with a white man claiming self-defense. But the Black community knows Gramps is another victim of racial violence. Protesters demand justice. So does Lamar. But he is also determined to keep his grandfather's legacy alive in the only way he knows recording a documentary about the fight against injustice. |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12. Crown Books for Young Readers. |
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Grades 4-6. Crown Books for Young Readers. |
| Subject |
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
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Documentary films -- Juvenile fiction.
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Video recordings -- Production and direction -- Juvenile fiction.
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Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction.
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African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre |
Novels.
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| ISBN |
9780593647776 (hardcover) |
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0593647777 (hardcover) |
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9780593647783 (library binding) |
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0593647785 (library binding) |
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9780593647806 (trade paperback) |
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0593647807 (trade paperback) |
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