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1 online resource (204 pages) |
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text file rda |
| Summary |
A strikingly innovative and powerful story. Death Coming Up the Hill portrays the momentous events of the year 1968'the escalating war in Vietnam, the explosive Democratic Convention in Chicago, the Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy assassinations, the menace of the draft, and rampant racism'as seen through the eyes of a perceptive seventeen-year-old American male. Told in verse with 52 episodes'one for each week of the year. |
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930 Lexile. |
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930L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.8 2 179325 |
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Accelerated Reader UG 5.8 2 179325 |
| Summary |
Douglas Ashe keeps a weekly record of historical and personal events in 1968, the year he turns seventeen, including the escalating war in Vietnam, assassinations, rampant racism, and rioting; his first girlfriend, his parents' separation, and a longed-for sister. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
1961-1969 |
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Novels in verse.
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Coming of age -- Fiction.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction.
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Social change -- Fiction.
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Family problems -- Fiction.
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Dating -- Fiction.
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Children's stories.
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Children's stories. |
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Bildungsromans.
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United States -- History -- 1961-1969 -- Fiction.
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United States -- History -- 1961-1969 -- Fiction -- Young adult literature.
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Crowe, Chris. Death coming up the hill Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014] 9780544302150 (DLC) 2013042812 (OCoLC)863127614 |
| ISBN |
9780544301740 : $16.99 |
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0544301749 : $16.99 |
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