Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
by Chris Crowe
In the summer of 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago,... read more
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2003
Word Count 24,471
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1210L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 69598, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century]vJuvenile literature
- Trials (Murder)--Mississippi--Juvenile literature
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
- Trials (Murder)
- 20th century
- Crimes against
- African American teenage boys
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Lynching--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- African American teenage boys--Mississippi--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Till, Emmett
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- Mississippi
- African Americans
- Lynching
- History
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Racism
- African Americans--Crimes against--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Race relations
- Mississippi--Race relations--Juvenile literature
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2004
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Selection, 2004
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