Light It Up
| AUTHOR | Magoon, Kekla |
| PUBLISHER | Henry Holt & Company (10/22/2019) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
Told in a series of vignettes from multiple viewpoints, Kekla Magoon's Light It Up is a powerful, layered story about injustice and strength--as well as an incredible follow-up to the highly acclaimed novel How It Went Down.
A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She's hurrying. She never makes it home. In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: a police officer has shot and killed a thirteen-year-old girl. The community is thrown into upheaval, leading to unrest, a growing movement to protest the senseless taking of Black lives, and the arrival of white supremacist counter demonstrators. This title has Common Core connections.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781250128898
ISBN-10:
1250128897
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
368
Carton Quantity:
20
Product Dimensions:
5.40 x 1.40 x 8.30 inches
Weight:
0.95 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Dust Cover,
Price on Product,
Ikids
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Young Adult Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American & Black
Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Violence
Grade Level:
9th Grade
- College Freshman
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level:
0
Point Value:
0
Guided Reading Level:
Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal:
FIC
Library of Congress Control Number:
2019002033
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Told in a series of vignettes from multiple viewpoints, Kekla Magoon's Light It Up is a powerful, layered story about injustice and strength--as well as an incredible follow-up to the highly acclaimed novel How It Went Down.
A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She's hurrying. She never makes it home. In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: a police officer has shot and killed a thirteen-year-old girl. The community is thrown into upheaval, leading to unrest, a growing movement to protest the senseless taking of Black lives, and the arrival of white supremacist counter demonstrators. This title has Common Core connections.
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Author:
Magoon, Kekla
Kekla Magoon is the author of "Camo Girl "and "The Rock and the River", winner of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award. She is a New York City-based editor, speaker, and educator. In addition to writing fiction, Kekla leads writing workshops for youth and adults, writes non-fiction titles for the education market, and is the co-editor of YA & Children's Literature for "Hunger Mountain", the arts journal of Vermont College.
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