A lesson before dying
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Edition
1st Vintage contemporaries ed.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 21 cm.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
750L
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Format
Book
Edition
1st Vintage contemporaries ed.
Language
English
UPC
9780375702709
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 4.4, 11 Points
Level 4.4, 11 Points
Lexile measure
750
Notes
Description
From the author of, A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man returns to 1940s Cajun, he visits and forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. In the 1940s in rural Louisiana, an uneducated African American man is sentenced to die for a crime he was incapable of committing.
Target Audience
750L,Lexile
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction, 1993.
Awards
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award Fiction, 1994.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gaines, E. J. A lesson before dying (1st Vintage contemporaries ed.).
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019. A Lesson Before Dying. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019. A Lesson Before Dying .
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying 1st Vintage contemporaries ed.,
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