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Author Lyons, Kelly Starling.

Title Ellen's broom / Kelly Starling Lyons ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.

Publication Info. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2012]
©2012
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1516152~S1
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 95th Street Juvenile Easy Fiction  E LYO    AVAILABLE
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Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Summary Cherishing the special broom resting above her hearth for its representation of the slave heritage that once forbade legal marriages, Ellen prepares for her parents' triumphant registry at a Reconstruction-era courthouse as lawful husband and wife and proudly carries the broom so that they can repeat a cultural wedding tradition.
Subject African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction.
Weddings -- Juvenile fiction.
Reconstruction -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction.
Added Author Minter, Daniel, illustrator.
ISBN 9780399250033
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