The Road to Memphis
by Taylor, Mildred D.
EscapeALA Notable/Best BooksCoretta Scott King Award/HonorsPublishers Weekly Best BookBlack PeopleIRA Teachers Choices/ILA Teachers ChoiceNCSS/CBC Notable Social StudiesPrejudice & 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 #
5953 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 tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.