The Port Chicago 50
Also known as The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
A book for ages 11 and up about Joe Small and the 50 Black sailors of Port Chicago
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- A book about Joe Small and the 50 Black sailors of Port Chicago, by Steve Sheinkin.
Why it matters
- For families listening together with children aged 11 and up.
Key facts
- Ages
- 11 and up; Common Sense Media 11+1
- Audiobook read by
- Dominic Hoffman2
- Audiobook length
- 3 h 50 min2
- Published
- 2014, Roaring Brook Press1
- Award
- YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist 2015; YALSA Amazing Audiobooks 20153
- Content to know about
- Deadly 1944 explosion at a Navy base, not graphic; segregation and racism central; mild-moderate language (hell, damn, one crude phrase, an abbreviated profanity).1
Connections
Written by
- Steve Sheinkin
Links
Sources
- The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights: age range and content (Common Sense Media) (opens commonsensemedia.org)
- The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights: audiobook (American Library Association) (opens ala.org)
- The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights: award (en.wikipedia.org) (opens en.wikipedia.org)
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