Letters from a Slave Boy: The Story of Joseph Jacobs
by Mary E. Lyons
Like his mother and grandmother before him, Joseph Jacobs was born into slavery.... read more
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- 5-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2007
Word Count 34,561
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 114033, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Slavery--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Jacobs, Joseph
- Letters--Fiction
- Jacobs, Joseph, 1829---Juvenile fiction
- Slavery
- Jacobs, Joseph, b. 1829--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | United States
- Letters
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
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