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Kids on Strike!


By Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Reading Level: Late Elementary School, Middle School
Genre: Non Fiction
Publisher: Sandpiper 2003

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Bartoletti highlights the roles that children and young adults played in American labor strikes during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Caldecott Medal

Most distinguished American picture book for children (annually).

Coretta Scott King Award

Distinguished books by authors and illustrators of African descent which promote an understanding and appreciation of the American dream (annually).

Golden Kite Award

Outstanding examples of text, illustration, fiction and nonfiction (four awards annually).

Newbery Medal

Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (annually).

Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award

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

National Museum of American History

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