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Juneteenth for Mazie

By Floyd Cooper

Reading Level: Late Elementary School
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Capstone Young Readers 2015
Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom.

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Keywords

Juneteenth, emancipation, June 19, freedom, enslavement, slavery, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, Emancipation Day

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Caldecott Medal

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Newbery Medal

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Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award

Outstanding work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher set in the New World.

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