Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt
- ISBN-10
- 0375831630
- ISBN-13
- 9780375831638
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Author
- Patricia C. McKissack
Description
As a young African American girl pieces her first quilt together, the history of her family, community, and the struggle for justice and freedom in Gee's Bend, Alabama unfold.
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- 2012-05-30
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