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We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free

I Am Nobody’s Slave tells the story of one Black family's pursuit of the American Dream through the impacts of systemic racism and racial violence. This book examines how trauma from enslavement and Jim Crow shaped their outlook on thriving in America, influenced each generation, and how they succeeded despite these challenges.

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Series
Vanderbeekers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Author
Language
English
Description
Author
Language
English
Description
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language
English
Description
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Author
Language
English
Description
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description

15) Zeely

Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description

16) Monster

Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Author
Series
Dread nation volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description