Being Clem

Resource Information

The work Being Clem represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Being Clem

Statement of responsibility

Lesa Cline-Ransome

Creator

• Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Author

• Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Subject

• African American boys -- Juvenile fiction
• African Americans -- Fiction
• African Americans -- Fiction
• African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• California -- Port Chicago
• Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Fiction
• Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
• 1944
• Explosion et mutinerie de Port Chicago, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• Families
• Families -- Illinois | Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
• Familles -- Illinois | Chicago -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• Family -- Juvenile fiction
• Family life -- Fiction
• Family life -- Illinois | Chicago -- Fiction
• Fathers -- Death
• Fathers -- Death -- Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• Garçons noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• Historical fiction
• Historical fiction
• Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
• Illinois -- Chicago
• JUVENILE FICTION -- General
• Juvenile works
• Port Chicago Mutiny, Port Chicago, Calif., 1944 -- Juvenile fiction
• Pères -- Mort -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• Race relations -- Fiction
• Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
• Racism
• Racism -- Juvenile fiction
• Racisme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
• Single-parent families -- Fiction
• Single-parent families -- Fiction
• Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
• Children's stories
• African American boys

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Historical fiction
• Fiction
• Children's stories
• Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse

Language

eng

Summary

• When nine-year-old Clem's father dies in the Port Chicago Disaster he is forced to navigate his family's losses and struggles in 1940's Chicago
• 1944. Clem's father is away, serving as a sailor in World War II. When the family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago explosion in San Francisco, everything begins to fall apart. Clem's mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. The obstacles put in place by racial injustice seem insurmountable. Soon Clem can barely recognize his home-- and himself. Can he live up to his father's legacy? -- adapted from jacket

Member of

• Finding Langston trilogy, 3

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Ages 8-12
• Grades 4-6

Intended audience source

• Holiday House
• Holiday House

Literary form

fiction

Reading level

X.

Series statement

Finding Langston trilogy

Series volume

3

Study program name

F & P

Target audience

pre adolescent