A Wreath for Emmett Till: A Printz Award Winner
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A Wreath for Emmett Till: A Printz Award Winner
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2006 Coretta Scott King Honor Book
In 1955, people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention.
Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. This martyr’s wreath, woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry, challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices, to “speak what we see.”
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ALA Notable Children’s Book
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Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
Coretta Scott King Honor Book
Kirkus Reviews Best Books
Michael L. Printz Award
Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)
Publishers Weekly Best BookPayment & Security
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