Independent Reading Suggested Books for Finding Your Way: The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
Additional Texts by the Author
- Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis (1000L)
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (950L)
- Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (980L)
- The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis (960L)
- The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis (870L)
- The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis (750L)
Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- Abby Takes a Stand by Patricia McKissack; illustrated by Gordon C. James (580L) *
- As Fast as Words Could Fly by Pamela M. Tuck; illustrated by Eric Velasquez (AD700L)
- Freshwater Road by Denise Nicholas **
- Mama's Window by Lynn Rubright (770L) *
- Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (800L) *
- Meridian by Alice Walker (1010L) **
- Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor (810L) *
- Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe (870L) **
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (750L) *
- Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey with Gwen Strauss; illustrated by Floyd Cooper (700L) *
- Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson (AD650L) **
- Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper (740L) **
- The Civil Rights Reader: American Literature from Jim Crow to Reconciliation by Julie Buckner Armstrong (editor) **
- The Fog Machine by Susan Follett **
- The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano (720L) **
- The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon (HL550L) **
- Yolanda's Genius by Carol Fenner (710L) **
Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose (1000L)
- Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe (1210L)
- My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Christine King Farris; illustrated by Chris Soentpiet (970L)
- Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison (660L)
- Selma, Lord, Selma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil-Rights Days by Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson, as told to Frank Sikora (830L)
- The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles; illustrated by George Ford (AD800L)
- The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman (1180L)
- Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Ekua Holmes (820L)
* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
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