Without Separation

Roberto Alvarez's world changed the day he could no longer attend Lemon Grove Grammar School in the small, rural community where he lived near San Diego, California. He and the other Mexican American students were told they had to go to a new, separate school. A school just for them. A school where they would not hold back the other students. But Roberto and the other students and their families believed the new school's real purpose was to segregate, to separate. They didn't think that was right, or just, or legal. This historical fiction picture book by Sibert award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner and Pura Belpré award-winning illustrator Maya Gonzalez follows Roberto and the other immigrant families on their journey in 1931 as they battle against separation and prejudice in one of America's landmark segregation cases.

About This Book

By: Larry Dane Brimner

Illustrated by: Maya Gonzalez

Published by: Calkins Creek an imprint of Astra Publishing House

7-10Age Range

5.7 AR

40Pages

PeopleSubject

1000LLexile

15-30 minsReading Time

XGuided Reading

UFountas & Pinnell

70DRA

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