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Lena and the burning of Greenwood : a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story Cover Image Book Book

Lena and the burning of Greenwood : a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story / by Nikki Shannon Smith ; illustrated by Markia Jenai.

Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971- (author.). Jenai, Markia, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921 racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set on killing and destroying the district--and as the violence escalates Lena, her parents, and her older sister search desperately for a safe place to hide from the mob.

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  • ISBN: 9781663990563
  • ISBN: 1663990565
  • ISBN: 9781666329445
  • ISBN: 1666329444
  • Physical Description: 103 pages illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone [2022]

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Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12. Stone Arch Books.
Grades 4-6. Stone Arch Books.

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Subject: African American families > Oklahoma > Tulsa > Juvenile fiction.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 > Juvenile fiction.
Massacres > Oklahoma > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African American neighborhoods > Oklahoma > Tulsa > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Tulsa (Okla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

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