Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Social Themes - Values & Virtues Humorous Stories As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the

As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the unique terrors for black people in the pre–Civil War era

and many of her neighbors treat her with mistrust

lost in the bedsheets -- has his struggles being tiny

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page

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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You Juvenile Fiction Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Social Themes - Values & Virtues Humorous Stories As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates theYou can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall. You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience. Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, Carole Weatherford's poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers today can reenact in their own lives. See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by Dr.