The Road to Memphis
by Taylor, Mildred D.
EscapePublishers Weekly Best BookCoretta Scott King Award/HonorsALA Notable/Best BooksBlack PeopleNCSS/CBC Notable Social StudiesIRA Teachers Choices/ILA Teachers ChoicePrejudice & Discrimination
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AR Book Level
4.5
AR Points
12
Word Count
82,966
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
227615 EN
About this book
Sadistically teased by two white boys in 1940s rural Mississippi, a black youth severely injures one of the boys with a tyre iron and enlists a young girl's help in trying to flee the state.