Pinkney, Andrea Davis.

With the might of angels : the diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson / Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson Andrea Davis Pinkney. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic, 2011. - 324 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. - Dear America .

"Hadley, Virginia, 1954"--Cover.

In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.

ISBN: 9780545297059 (hbk.) 9781338530957 0545297052 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2011001363

Subjects--Topical Terms:
School integration
Schools
Race relations
African Americans
Families
Diaries
School integration
Schools
Race relations
African Americans
Family life
Diaries

LC Class. No.: PZ7.P6333 / Wi 2011

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]