Riding to Washington

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Label

Riding to Washington

Statement of responsibility

Gwenyth Swain ; illustrated by David Geister

Creator

• trueSwain, Gwenyth, 1961-

Contributor

• Geister, David

Illustrator

• Geister, David

Subject

• African Americans -- Civil rights | History
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• trueBus travel
• trueBus travel -- History
• trueBus travel -- United States -- History
• trueBus travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Bus travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• Children, White -- Indiana | Indianapolis -- Juvenile fiction
• trueCivil rights
• trueCivil rights demonstrations
• Civil rights demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• Civil rights demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• trueCivil rights demonstrations -- Washington, D.C. -- History -- 20th century
• trueFathers and daughters
• trueInterracial friendship
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Pictorial works
• trueMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963
• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963, Washington, D.C. -- Juvenile fiction
• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963, Washington, D.C. -- Juvenile literature
• truePrejudice
• trueProtests, demonstrations, vigils, etc
• trueRace relations
• trueSegregation
• trueUnited States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
• trueWashington, D.C
• trueAfrican American history

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Juvenile fiction
• truePictorial works

Language

eng

Summary

"A young white girl rides the bus with her father to the March on Washington in 1963--at which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would give his "I Have a Dream" speech. She comes to see that Dr. King's dream belongs not just to Blacks but to all Americans"--Provided by publisher

Member of

• trueTales of Young Americans series
• trueTales of young Americans series

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

323.1196/073

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• AD650L
• Decoding demand: 70 (high)
• Semantic demand: 81 (very high)
• Syntactic demand: 91 (very high)
• Structure demand: 87 (very high)

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile

Interest level

• LG
• K-2

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 1
• 4

Reading level

• 3.8
• 3.7

Series statement

Tales of young Americans series

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader AR
• Reading Counts RC

Target audience

juvenile