Rich (Dyamonde Daniel #2)

by Nikki Grimes (Author) R Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

Rich (Dyamonde Daniel #2)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Dyamonde Daniel

Dyamonde Daniel is excited about the local library's poetry contest, and so is her friend Free. The prize is one hundred dollars? Just think what they could buy with that much money! But when they find out that Damaris, one of their classmates, has been living in a homeless shelter, their ideas about what it means to be rich or poor start to change. And when they get to know Damaris, they realize the one who could use the prize money the most also happens to be the best poet in class.

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Nikki Grimes
New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the ALA Children's Literature Legacy Award, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her books include her critically acclaimed memoir in verse Ordinary Hazards as well as picture books Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice and Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope. She won the Coretta Scott King Award for Bronx Masquerade and earned a Coretta Scott King Author Honor five times--for Words with Wings, Jazmin's Notebook, Dark Sons, Talkin' About Bessie, and The Road to Paris. Visit nikkigrimes.com
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780399251764
Lexile Measure
630
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Publication date
October 29, 2009
Series
Dyamonde Daniel
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV039070 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Homelessness & Poverty
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
African Americans
Poetry
Friendship in children
Homeless persons
Homeless children
African American children
Delaware Diamonds Award
Nominee 2013 - 2014

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