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With the might of angels : the diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson /

In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Dear America.
Subjects:
School integration > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Virginia > Juvenile fiction.
Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
Virginia > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
School integration > Fiction.
Schools > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Family life > Virginia > Fiction.
Diaries > Fiction.
Virginia > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Description
Summary:In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.
Item Description:"Hadley, Virginia, 1954"--Cover.
Physical Description:324 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
ISBN:9780545297059 (hbk.)
0545297052 (hbk.)