Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
by Virginia Hamilton
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1988
Word Count 41,841
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 355, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Antislavery movements
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Slavery
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862
- United States
- Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862--Juvenile literature
- Burns, Anthony
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Biography
- Antislavery movements--United States--Juvenile literature
- Fugitive slaves
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Arnold Adoff and Virginia Hamilton about Anthony Burns
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Virginia Hamilton
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 4
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 1989
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Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1988
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
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