Hector: A Boy, a Protest, and the Photograph That Changed Apartheid
by Adrienne Wright
A short, potent, three-part graphic novel begins with “Hector,” introducing... read more
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- Grade
- 3-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African
Year Published 2019
Word Count 1,127
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 505427, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Students--Political activity--South Africa
- History
- Journalism, Pictorial--South Africa--Juvenile literature
- Children
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Africa
- Soweto Uprising, 1976
- Children--South Africa--Biography
- Pieterson, Hector, 1963-1976
- Apartheid--South Africa
- Children--South Africa--Biography--Juvenile literature
- South Africa--History
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- South Africa
- Apartheid
- South Africa--History--Soweto Uprising, 1976--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- Journalism, Pictorial
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Pieterson, Hector, 1963-1976--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Violence
- Apartheid--South Africa--Juvenile literature
- Pieterson, Hector
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Photography
- Lists With This Book
- Global Reading
- Global Activists and Activism, Grade 4-5
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Awards & Distinctions 4
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
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