Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
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Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
By Patricia Hruby Powell, Shadra Strickland
Edition
Hardcover edition
PublisherChronicle BooksImprintChronicleISBN
9781452125909
Awards and Honors2019 Isinglass Teen Read Award Nominee
2018 Capitol Choices, Ages Ten to Fourteen
ILA Young Adults' Choices - 2018
Kids’ Indie Next List Preview, Winter 2016–2017, Teens Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books
Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
Virginia, 1955: Amid segregation, prejudice, and injustice, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination changed it. Summaries of and quotations regarding legal proceedings and the civil rights movement. Map. Time lines. Bibliography. Artist's note. Black-and-white period photographs and documents. Full-color illustrations rendered in brush pen and Adobe Photoshop.
Title alpha Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
Category Upper Middle School Fiction Plus
Pages Count 260
Genre Fiction
Topics Richard Perry Loving (1933–1975). Mildred Jeter Loving (1939–2008). Trials and litigation. Interracial marriage. Virginia law and legislation. Novels in verse. Race relations. African Americans. Twentieth-century Virginia history.
SRC Level 5.400000
SRC Points 8.000000
Lexile HL720L
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2017-01-30
JLG Release Date Mar 2017
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)
For Grades 6-8
This collection features fiction titles selected for older middle school readers who are ready for longer, more layered stories that explore growing independence and changing perspective. Selections include realistic and speculative fiction with increased emotional and narrative complexity, offering stories that look beyond immediate experience and invite readers to engage with broader questions about identity, belonging, and the world around them.