Lena and the burning of Greenwood : a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story [Girls Survive]by Smith, Nikki Shannon 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2022)

BTSB #: 827123 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG Lexile: 580

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Tulsa (Okla.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921 racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set on killing and destroying the district. As the violence escalates Lena, her parents, and her older sister search desperately for a safe place to hide from the mob.