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Sylvia Stark: A Pioneer


By Victoria Scott & Ernest & Jones

Reading Level: Late Elementary School, Middle School
Genre: Non Fiction
Publisher: Open Hand Publishing, Inc. 1991

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Chronicles the life of a woman who was born a slave in Missouri in 1839, moved with her family to California, and later lived on a small island off the coast of British Columbia until she was 105.

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Caldecott Medal

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Coretta Scott King Award

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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

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