The Lynching of Louie Sam
by Stewart, Elizabeth
Arthur Ellis Award/NomineeGeoffrey Bilson Award/HonorSnow Willow Award/NomineeManitoba Young Readers Choice Award/NomiSLJ Best BookSkipping Stones Honor AwardCanadaMurder
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AR Book Level
5.2
AR Points
9
Word Count
59,182
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
167833 EN
About this book
This fictionalized account of the 1884 lynching of 14-year-old Native American Louie Sam by a group of men from the Washington Territory is told from the point of view of 15-year-old George Gillies. The plot contains profanity and racial violence.