Through My Eyes -- Ruby Bridges

In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal marshals, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. An icon of the civil rights movement, Ruby Bridges chronicles each dramatic step of this pivotal event in history through her own words.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Ruby Bridges<br><b>Publisher:</b> Scholastic Press<br><b>Published:</b> 09/01/1999<br><b>Pages:</b> 64<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.21lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 10.82h x 9.40w x 0.43d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780590189231<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 9-12<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 5.9<br><b>Point Value:</b> 2<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>36565 / Through My Eyes<br><br><b>Award:</b> Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee<br><b>Award:</b> Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee<br><b>Award:</b> NAPPA Gold Awards - Winner<br><b>Award:</b> Golden Sower Award - Nominee<br><b>Award:</b> Children's Books of Distinction Awards - Winner<br><b>Award:</b> South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee<br><b>Award:</b> Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee<br><b>Award:</b> Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee<br><b>Award:</b> Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Winner<br><b>Award:</b> Jefferson Cup - Honor Book<br><b>Award:</b> Sasquatch Award - Nominee<br><b>Award:</b> Orbis Pictus Award - Winner<br><b>Award:</b> Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee