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Freedom Train /

Twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason's older brother is a guard on the Freedom Train, which is carrying the Bill of Rights and other documents throughout the country in 1948, but Clyde is also learning about rights and freedom as he is saved from a beating by an African American boy, and later return...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coleman, Evelyn, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2008]
Subjects:
Race relations > Fiction.
Freedom Train > Fiction.
Schools > Fiction.
Bullies > Fiction.
Family life > Georgia > Fiction.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Fiction.
Georgia > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Freedom Train > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Bullying > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Georgia > Juvenile fiction.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Juvenile fiction.
Georgia > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason's older brother is a guard on the Freedom Train, which is carrying the Bill of Rights and other documents throughout the country in 1948, but Clyde is also learning about rights and freedom as he is saved from a beating by an African American boy, and later returns the favor when men in their Atlanta suburb decide to show the "Nigras" their place.
Physical Description:140 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780689847165 (hardcover)
0689847165 (hardcover)