A lesson before dying
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From the author of, A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man returns to 1940s Cajun, he visits and forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. In the 1940s in rural Louisiana, an uneducated African American man is sentenced to die for a crime he was incapable of committing.
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African American Fiction
African American men
African American men -- Fiction
African American men -- Louisiana -- Fiction
Death row inmates
Death row inmates -- Fiction
Death row inmates -- Louisiana -- Fiction
Fiction
Friendship
Friendship -- Fiction
Friendship -- Louisiana -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Large type books
Literature
Louisiana -- Fiction
Louisiana -- Race relations -- Fiction
Prisoners
Prisoners -- Fiction
Race relations
Race relations -- Fiction
African American men
African American men -- Fiction
African American men -- Louisiana -- Fiction
Death row inmates
Death row inmates -- Fiction
Death row inmates -- Louisiana -- Fiction
Fiction
Friendship
Friendship -- Fiction
Friendship -- Louisiana -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Large type books
Literature
Louisiana -- Fiction
Louisiana -- Race relations -- Fiction
Prisoners
Prisoners -- Fiction
Race relations
Race relations -- Fiction
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Level 4.4, 11 Points
Lexile measure:
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| Grouping Author | ernest j gaines |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-09-21 01:46:42AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-09-21 01:50:53AM |
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African American men -- Louisiana -- Fiction
Death row inmates -- Fiction
Death row inmates -- Louisiana -- Fiction
Friendship -- Fiction
Friendship -- Louisiana -- Fiction
Historical fiction
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Louisiana -- Race relations -- Fiction
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Race relations -- Fiction
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Death row inmates -- Fiction
Death row inmates -- Louisiana -- Fiction
Friendship -- Fiction
Friendship -- Louisiana -- Fiction
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Large type books
Louisiana -- Fiction
Louisiana -- Race relations -- Fiction
Prisoners -- Fiction
Race relations -- Fiction
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A lesson before dying
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A Lesson Before Dying
A lesson before dying / Ernest J. Gaines
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African American men
Death row inmates
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Large type books
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African American men
Death row inmates
Fiction
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Large type books
Literature
Prisoners
Race relations
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