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General description of the books in this series A Sample of the text The Free teacher resource supplement (Please note: This is a preliminary copy of the supplement. You can use it, but forgive typos and other problems you many find. The finished version should be available soon.)

Nobody Knows African-Americans Hopes and Dreams series By Tana Rieff An 80-page reader for Beginning Readers Middle School to Adult Nobody Knows, reader - $9.50 ISBN 10: 0-86647-386-6 ISBN 13: 978-086647-386-6 Nobody Knows, audio CD - $9.50 ISBN 10: 0-86647-387-4 ISBN 13: 978-086647-387-3 Nobody Knows, reader/CD set - $19.00 ISBN 10: 0-86647-388-2 ISBN 13: 978-086647-388-0

Here is the brief story summary

In Nobody Knows, Mattie's family are sharecroppers in the South. When she is six, Mama takes her to town where she sees two doors marked "White Only" and "Colored Only." Mattie thinks the shopkeeper doesn't like them. Her mother tells her at least she's not a slave, as she was as a child. At 18 Mattie marries Nate Charles. In 1917 their cotton crop is failing, so Nate takes a job in a Chicago meatpacking plant. Mattie is sad to leave home, but she moves with her husband to work for a better life. In the North they find racial prejudice, labor unrest, and violence. They work hard, and with two children they move to a better home. Then there is an accident at the plant. Nate is killed. Alone after Nate dies, Mattie brings Mama north to help her. Through the Great Depression and World War II, she works many jobs to support her family. When Mama dies, Mattie takes her home. She finds the South still segregated. She stands up for change.