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A Summer of Kings

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It's 1963 and fourteen-year-old Esther Young is looking for excitement. Cursed with a lack of talent in a family filled with artistic types, Esther vows to get some attention by initiating a summer romance with a black teen accused of murdering a white man in Alabama.
King-Roy Johnson shows up on Esther's doorstep that summer, an angry young man who feels betrayed by the nonviolent teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. Sent north by his mother to escape a lynch mob, he meets a follower of Malcolm X's who uses radical teachings about black revolution to fuel King-Roy's anger and frustration. But with each other's help, both Esther and King-Roy learn the true nature of integrity and find the power to stand up for what is right and true.
National Book Award-winning author Han Nolan brings readers a bold new voice—by turns funny and poignant, innocent and worldly—in this powerful coming-of-age story set during the turbulent struggle for civil rights.

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Publisher: HarperCollins

Kindle Book

  • Release date: April 1, 2006

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780547351438
  • Release date: April 1, 2006

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780547351438
  • File size: 682 KB
  • Release date: April 1, 2006

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Kindle Book
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English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.1
Lexile® Measure:880
Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
Text Difficulty:4-5

It's 1963 and fourteen-year-old Esther Young is looking for excitement. Cursed with a lack of talent in a family filled with artistic types, Esther vows to get some attention by initiating a summer romance with a black teen accused of murdering a white man in Alabama.
King-Roy Johnson shows up on Esther's doorstep that summer, an angry young man who feels betrayed by the nonviolent teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. Sent north by his mother to escape a lynch mob, he meets a follower of Malcolm X's who uses radical teachings about black revolution to fuel King-Roy's anger and frustration. But with each other's help, both Esther and King-Roy learn the true nature of integrity and find the power to stand up for what is right and true.
National Book Award-winning author Han Nolan brings readers a bold new voice—by turns funny and poignant, innocent and worldly—in this powerful coming-of-age story set during the turbulent struggle for civil rights.

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  • Details

    Publisher:
    HarperCollins

    Kindle Book
    Release date: April 1, 2006

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780547351438
    Release date: April 1, 2006

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780547351438
    File size: 682 KB
    Release date: April 1, 2006

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 5.1
    Lexile® Measure: 880
    Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
    Text Difficulty: 4-5
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