6.2.2 Sylvia & Aki 4-Pack

This book is the on-level title in the 6.2 Book Club Teacher's Guide. Students will continue to think about the time period of the Great Depression to early World War II.

Blurb: Young Sylvia Mendez never expected to be at the center of a landmark legal battle. Young Aki Munemitsu never expected to be sent away from her home and her life as she knew it. The two girls definitely never expected to know each other, until their lives intersected on a Southern California farm in a way that changed the country forever. Who are Sylvia and Aki? And why did their family stories matter then and still matter today? This book reveals the remarkable, never-before-told story—based on true events—of Mendez vs. Westminster School District, the California court case that desegregated schools for Latino children and set the stage for Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education at the national level.

Lexile Level: 760

Page Count: 152