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Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! illustrated by Bea Jackson has been selected for the 2025 Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Titles Intermediate List!

11 Apr 2025

Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! (FSG) by Phillip Hoose, illustrated by Bea Jackson has been selected for the 2025 Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Titles Intermediate List.

Since 1926 KNEA has published a list off recommended books by reading level as a service for school librarians and classroom teachers.

Congratulations Bea!

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Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! illustrated by Bea Jackson has been selected for the 2025 Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Titles Intermediate List!