Music in My Heart: My Journey with Melody
by Erin Falligant and Denise Lewis Patrick • Part of the American Girl Series
What would it be like if a girl suddenly found herself in Melody Ellison's world... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2016
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Music
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Discrimination--Fiction
- Time travel--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Discrimination
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Choose-your-own stories
- Nineteen sixties
- Singers--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Interactive Adventures
- Time travel
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements--Fiction
- Singers
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Plot-your-own stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
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About the Authors 5
Author Interviews 8
Series Interview with Erin Teagan
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Series Interview with Kellen Hertz
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Series Interview with Valerie Tripp
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Series Interview with Erin Teagan
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