Now or Never: Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry's War to End Slavery
by Ray Anthony Shepard
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2017
Word Count 26,424
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1140L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 191984, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Massachusetts--New Bedford
- African American journalists
- Gooding, James Henry, 1837-1864
- Soldiers
- Soldiers--Massachusetts--Biography
- United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)
- Journalists
- Stephens, George E.--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--History--1863-1877--Juvenile literature
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Correspondence--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--United States--History--Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- African American journalists--Massachusetts--Biography
- Massachusetts
- Gooding, James Henry
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories
- United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War
- New Bedford (Mass.)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- New Bedford (Mass.)
- Massachusetts--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories--Juvenile literature
- African American journalists--Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Gooding, James Henry, 1837-1864--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Soldiers--Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Stephens, George E
- Regimental histories
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Soldiers--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Correspondence
- Soldiers--Correspondence
- Massachusetts--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Journalists--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--History--To 1863
- African Americans--History--1863-1877
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- War correspondents--United States--Biography
- Soldiers--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Correspondence--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--History--To 1863--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- History
- United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)--Juvenile literature
- New Bedford
- United States
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--Biography & Autobiography
- African American soldiers--Biography
- Correspondence
- African Americans--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Correspondence
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- To 1863
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Journalists
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--People & Places--United States--African American
- 1863-1877
- New Bedford (Mass.)--Biography
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 2
Interview with Ray Anthony Shepard
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Interview with Ray Anthony Shepard
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
History Selection, 2018
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