Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story
by Smith, Nikki Shannon
Series:Girls Survive
SurvivalMisc./OtherHistorical FictionmyON BooksBlack PeopleRace & Race RelationsPrejudice & DiscriminationOklahoma
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AR Book Level
3.9
AR Points
2
Word Count
11,736
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
515221 EN
About this book
Lena has a sheltered life in the relatively wealthy Black Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In May 1921, racial tensions explode, and white men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood. Text contains mild profanity, violence and disturbing imagery.