A Lesson Before Dying

ISBN-10

0-375-70270-9

ISBN-13

978-0-375-70270-9

Author

Gaines, Ernest

Publisher

Vintage

Copyright

1993

Lexile

750L

Genre

Young adult, Realistic Fiction

Synopsis

Two young black men, one condemned to death for a murder and the other a teacher, form a bond in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s.

Themes

Race, Mortality, Prejudice

Protagonist

African Amercian, Male

Note

Over the years, these books have been published in multiple editions. The page numbers in your book may be different than the ones on the lesson plan.