Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys
Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys written by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard; illustrated by E.B. Lewis
SCASL Children’s Book Award Nominee 2002-2003
Coretta Scott King Award Winner
This story takes place after the Civil War. Virgie and her brothers are the children of slaves. Quakers have started a school for black children so that they can learn to read and write. At first, only Virgie’s brothers get to go to school. They have to sleep there during the week and they come home to help their parents on the weekends. Virgie is always asking if she can go to school too and finally her parents allow her to go. When she gets to the school, she is excited to start learning with her brothers.
This is a true story, based on the family of the author.
Lesson plan from Read, Write, Think (Breaking Barriors, Building Bridges)
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