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Books with title Freedom Summer

  • Freedom Summer

    Deborah Wiles, Jerome Lagarrigue

    Paperback (Aladdin, Jan. 1, 2005)
    John Henry swims better than anyone I know. He crawls like a catfish, blows bubbles like a swamp monster, but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me. He's not allowed. Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both want to be firemen, and they both love to swim. But there's one important way they're different: Joe is white and John Henry is black, and in the South in 1964, that means John Henry isn't allowed to do everything his best friend is. Then a law is passed that forbids segregation and opens the town pool to everyone. Joe and John Henry are so excited they race each other there...only to discover that it takes more than a new law to change people's hearts.
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  • Summer Freeze!

    Brandon Terrell, Ethen Beavers

    eBook (Stone Arch Books, Feb. 1, 2015)
    Mr. Freeze blankets Gotham City in a blizzard, turning the city into an enormous snow globe. Should the Dark Knight take the case or turn to the police instead? Will Mr. Freeze go easily or put up a fight? Does Batman use his brains or his brawn to stop the super-villain? In this interactive story, YOU CHOOSE the path Batman should take. With your help, hell melt the super-villains Summer Freeze!
  • Freedom Summer

    Deborah Wiles, Jerome Lagarrigue

    Library Binding (Turtleback, Jan. 1, 2005)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A white boy recounts his first experience of racial prejudice--and his friendship with an African American boy that defies it.
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  • The Freedom Summer Murders

    Don Mitchell

    Paperback (Scholastic Inc., Oct. 25, 2016)
    A gripping true story of murder and the fight for civil rights and social justice in 1960s Mississppi.On June 21, 1964, three young men were killed by the Ku Klux Klan for trying to help black Americans vote as part of the 1964 Fredom Summer registration effort in Mississippi. The disappearance and brutal murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner caused a national uproar and was one of the most significant events of the civil rights movement.The Freedom Summer Murders tells the tragic story of these brave men, the crime that resulted in their untimely deaths, and the relentless forty-one-year pursuit of a conviction. It is the story of idealistic and courageous young people who wanted to change their county for the better. It is the story of black and white. And ultimately, it is the story of our nation's endless struggle to close the gap between what is and what should be.
  • Freedom Summer

    Deborah Wiles, Jerome Lagarrigue

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2005)
    John Henry swims better than anyone I know.He crawls like a catfish, blows bubbles like a swamp monster, but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me.He's not allowed.Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both want to be firemen, and they both love to swim. But there's one important way they're different: Joe is white and John Henry is black, and in the South in 1964, that means John Henry isn't allowed to do everything his best friend is. Then a law is passed that forbids segregation and opens the town pool to everyone. Joe and John Henry are so excited they race each other there...only to discover that it takes more than a new law to change people's hearts.
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  • Freedom Summer

    Deborah Wiles, Jerome Lagarrigue

    Hardcover (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Jan. 1, 2001)
    John Henry swims better than anyone I know. He crawls like a catfish, blows bubbles like a swamp monster, but he doesn't swim in the town pool with me. He's not allowed. Joe and John Henry are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both want to be firemen, and they both love to swim. But there's one important way they're different: Joe is white and John Henry is black and in the South in 1964, that means John Henry isn't allowed to do everything his best friend is. Then a law is passed that forbids segregation and opens the town pool to everyone. Joe and John Henry are so excited they race each other there...only to discover that it takes more than a new law to change people's hearts. This stirring account of the "Freedom Summer" that followed the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 powerfully and poignantly captures two boys' experience with racism and their friendship that defies it.
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  • Freedom Summer

    Deborah Wiles, Jerome Lagarrigue

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  • Freedom Summer

    David Aretha

    Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, Nov. 15, 2007)
    Discusses the experiences of the volunteers who took part in the voter registration and education campaign in Mississippi in 1964, the murder of three of them, and the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
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  • Summer Freeze!

    Brandon Terrell, Ethen Beavers

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Feb. 1, 2015)
    Mr. Freeze blankets Gotham City in a blizzard, turning the city into an enormous snow globe. Should the Dark Knight take the case or turn to the police instead? Will Mr. Freeze go easily or put up a fight? Does Batman use his brains or his brawn to stop the super-villain? In this interactive story, YOU CHOOSE the path Batman should take. With your help, he'll melt the super-villains Summer Freeze!
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  • The Freedom Summer Murders

    Don Mitchell

    eBook (Scholastic Press, April 29, 2014)
    On June 21, 1964, three young men were killed by the Ku Klux Klan for trying to help black Americans vote as part of the 1964 Fredom Summer registration effort in Mississippi. The disappearance and brutal murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner caused a national uproar and was one of the most significant events of the civil rights movement.The Freedom Summer Murders tells the tragic story of these brave men, the crime that resulted in their untimely deaths, and the relentless forty-one-year pursuit of a conviction. It is the story of idealistic and courageous young people who wanted to change their county for the better. It is the story of black and white. And ultimately, it is the story of our nation's endless struggle to close the gap between what is and what should be.
  • The Freedom Summer Murders

    Don Mitchell

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, April 29, 2014)
    A gripping true story of murder and the fight for civil rights and social justice in 1960s Mississppi.On June 21, 1964, three young men were killed by the Ku Klux Klan for trying to help black Americans vote as part of the 1964 Fredom Summer registration effort in Mississippi. The disappearance and brutal murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner caused a national uproar and was one of the most significant events of the civil rights movement.The Freedom Summer Murders tells the tragic story of these brave men, the crime that resulted in their untimely deaths, and the relentless forty-one-year pursuit of a conviction. It is the story of idealistic and courageous young people who wanted to change their county for the better. It is the story of black and white. And ultimately, it is the story of our nation's endless struggle to close the gap between what is and what should be.
  • Freedom Summer, 1964

    Carla Mooney

    Library Binding (Core Library, Sept. 1, 2015)
    Examines the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, which asked both black and white volunteers to travel throughout Mississippi, registering black Mississippians to vote, establishing "Freedom Schools" for black children, and organizing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
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