Leon's Story
by Leon Walter Tillage and Susan L. Roth
The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 1997
Word Count 10,845
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 25238
- Curricular Area
- History
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Civil rights movements--History
- African Americans--North Carolina--Fuquay-Varina--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Fuquay-Varina (N.C.)
- North Carolina--Race relations
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Fuquay-Varina
- North Carolina
- Civil rights movements--North Carolina--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Civil rights movements
- North Carolina--Race relations--Juvenile literature
- Tillage, Leon Walter
- Fuquay-Varina (N.C.)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- History
- Tillage, Leon Walter, 1936---Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature
- Tillage, Leon Walter, 1936-
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Childhood and youth
- African Americans--Biography
- Race relations
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- Anti-Racist Reading List
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2020
Winner, 1998

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2020
Winner, 1998

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 1998
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