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Pinkney, Andrea Davis.

With the might of angels : the diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson / - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic, 2011. - 324 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. - Dear America . - Dear America. .

"Hadley, Virginia, 1954"--Cover.

In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.

ISBN: 9780545297059 (hbk.) 0545297052 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2011001363

Subjects--Topical Terms:
School integration--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Virginia--Juvenile fiction.
Diaries--Juvenile fiction.
School integration--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Family life--Virginia--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.
School integration--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Family life--Virginia--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Virginia--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Virginia--History--20th century--Fiction.
Virginia--History--20th century--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.P6333 / Wi 2011

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]