Lena and the Burning of Greenwood
A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story
North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone, [2022]
Format: Book
Description: 103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921 racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set on killing and destroying the district--and as the violence escalates Lena, her parents, and her older sister search desperately for a safe place to hide from the mob.
Series: Girls survive.
Subjects:
African American families -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Juvenile fiction.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 -- Juvenile fiction.
Massacres -- Oklahoma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
African American neighborhoods -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Tulsa (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
African American families -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Juvenile fiction.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 -- Juvenile fiction.
Massacres -- Oklahoma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
African American neighborhoods -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Tulsa (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: Ages 8-12.
ISBN:
9781663990563
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CPBK Girls Survive | North Main | Children's Paperback | In |
CPBK Girls Survive | Northeast Indoors | Children's Paperback | Out (Due: 5/9/2024) |
CPBK Girls Survive | Northeast Indoors | Children's Paperback | In |