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At Her Majesty's Request |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Myers, Walter Den | Illustrator: |
| Title: At Her Majesty's Request | Date: 1999 |
| Publisher: Scholastic | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-590-48669-1 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: Yes |
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General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): letters, biography and autobiography, nonfiction | |
GED Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| Queen Victoria oversees the education and upbringing of an African princess after she was rescued from execution by a ship captain who brought her to England. | |
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| The true story raises many issues of royalty, race, class, belonging, and identity for discussion and writing. Paired with The Diary of Anne Frank the book offers an opportunity to explore historical diaries. Students interested in Walter Dean Myers' books would have fun exploring his methods of inquiry which he describes in the introduction to this book and in Angel to Angel. Students could also compare and contrast the political relocation of children in the holocaust The Lily Cupboard and during slavery Jubliee, Sarny . | |
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