Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks
by Carole Boston Weatherford
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1999
Word Count 5,241
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 58238, 1 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Life-Saving Service
- United States. Life-Saving Service--History
- Lifesaving stations--North Carolina--Pea Island--History--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - State & Local
- Etheridge, Richard
- United States. Life-Saving Service--History--Juvenile literature
- North Carolina
- Pea Island (N.C.)--History--Juvenile literature
- Lifesaving stations
- Pea Island (N.C.)--History
- African American lifeboat crew members
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- Etheridge, Richard, 1841-1900
- Etheridge, Richard, 1842-1900--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--History
- African Americans
- History
- Pea Island
- United States
- African American lifeboat crew members--North Carolina--Pea Island--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Pea Island (N.C.)
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About the Author 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Carole Boston Weatherford
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Interview with Carole Boston Weatherford
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Interview with Carole Boston Weatherford
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Interview with Carole Boston Weatherford
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