Up Before Daybreak by Deborah Hopkinson

Description

In Up Before Daybreak acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson captures the voices of the forgotten men, women, and children who worked in the cotton industry in America over the centuries. The voices of the slaves who toiled in the fields in the South, the poor sharecroppers who barely got by, and the girls who gave their lives to the New England mills spring to life through oral histories, archival photos, and Hopkinson's engaging...

In Up Before Daybreak acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson captures the voices of the forgotten men, women, and children who worked in the cotton industry in America over the centuries. The voices of the slaves who toiled in the fields in the South, the poor sharecroppers who barely got by, and the girls who gave their lives to the New England mills spring to life through oral histories, archival photos, and Hopkinson's engaging narrative prose style. These stories are amazing and often heartbreaking, and they are imbedded deep in our nation's history.
ALA Notable Children's Book ALA Best Book for Young Adults

Awards

ALA Notable Book
YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
JLF Best Book
NCSS Carter G. Woodson Honor Book

Product Details

Item #:NTS501990
ISBN13:9780545019903
Format:Paperback Book
Pages:128
Trim Size:8 x 8-¹⁄₂
Theme:African American,
African American,
Goods,
Depression Era,
Slavery, Abolition,
Jobs, Career, Work
Genre:Informational Text
Subject:Agriculture,
Slavery, Underground Railroad, Abolition,
Industrial Revolution and Gilded Age,
Production, Distribution, Consumption
Grades:8
Lexile® Measure:1060L
Reading Level:X
DRA Level:60
ACR Level:7.0
Funding Type:Title I, Part A
Language:English