All Virgie wants to do is go to school with her five older brothers, who think she's too small and that girls don't need an education. Based on lives of the author's ancestors, this story is captured in colorful artwork by Coretta Scott King honree E.B. Lewis.
All Virgie wants is to go to school with her brothers George, Will, Nelson, Val, and C. C. But they keep saying she's too little for the long, seven-mile walk, and that girls don't need school.
Well, Virgie doesn't agree, and she's not gonna let anything stand in her way.
Product Details
VIRGIE GOES TO SCHOOL W/US BOY
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Product Weight: 0.85 lbs
Author: Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Illustrator: Lewis, E. B.
Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Language: English
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER BOOKS YOU
Dewey Decimal Classification: FIC
Audience Age Group: 06 to 08
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780689800764