Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band
by Anne Rockwell and Colin Bootman
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- Grade
- 1-6
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2013
Word Count 2,007
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1040L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 159696, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Music
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- African American musicians--South Carolina--Charleston--Juvenile literature
- African American musicians
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Charleston
- Jenkins' Orphanage Band--Juvenile literature
- South Carolina
- Jenkins' Orphanage Band
- Lists With This Book
- Books From All 50 States - S. Carolina
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2025
Winner, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2013
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