Lena and the burning of Greenwood, a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story, by Nikki Shannon Smith ; illustrated by Markia Jenai
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Lena and the burning of Greenwood, a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story, by Nikki Shannon Smith ; illustrated by Markia Jenai
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eng
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illustrations
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no index present
Intended audience
Ages 8-12, Stone Arch BooksGrades 4-6, Stone Arch Books
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fiction
Main title
Lena and the burning of Greenwood
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by Nikki Shannon Smith ; illustrated by Markia Jenai
Series statement
Girls survive
Sub title
a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story
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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pre adolescent
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- Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Fiction
- 1900-1999
- History
- Historical fiction
- Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 -- Fiction
- Tulsa (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- African American families -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Juvenile fiction
- Tulsa Race Massacre, (Tulsa, Oklahoma :, 1921)
- Massacres -- Oklahoma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- African American neighborhoods -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Survival -- Fiction
- Tulsa (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
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- Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Fiction
- 1900-1999
- History
- Historical fiction
- Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 -- Fiction
- Tulsa (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- African American families -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Juvenile fiction
- Tulsa Race Massacre, (Tulsa, Oklahoma :, 1921)
- Massacres -- Oklahoma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- African American neighborhoods -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Survival -- Fiction
- Tulsa (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
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- Illustrator1
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