Bird in a box, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrations by Sean Qualls
Type
Label
Bird in a box, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrations by Sean Qualls
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
8-12, Brodart
resource.interestGradeLevel
3-7, Brodart
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Bird in a box
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
778270420
Responsibility statement
by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrations by Sean Qualls
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG, 4.2, 6.
Summary
In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along with the help of a sympathetic staff member and the boxing matches of Joe Louis, they manage to overcome. Includes author's notes
Target audience
pre adolescent
Classification
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile fiction
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
- Orphanages -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphanages -- Fiction
- Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Grief -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject15
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile fiction
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
- Orphanages -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphanages -- Fiction
- Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Grief -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General
- Mapped to1