Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America
by Deborah Hopkinson
Cotton has been a key crop for the American economy since colonization, and is often... read more
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2006
Word Count 20,184
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1060L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 105282, 3 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Cotton growing
- Cotton farmers
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - General
- Social aspects
- Slavery
- Cotton growing--Social aspects--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Cotton picking
- Cotton picking--Social aspects--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Cotton trade
- Slaves--Biography
- Cotton trade--Social aspects--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Slavery--United States--Juvenile literature
- Cotton farmers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- History
- United States
- Slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Slaves
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Awards & Distinctions 5
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2007
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2007
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2007
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