num_pages: 32
description: "A fictionalized story about the life of young Booker T. Washington. Living in a West Virginia settlement after emancipation, nine-year-old Booker travels by lantern light to the salt works, where he labors from dawn till dusk. Although his stomach rumbles, his real hunger is his intense desire to learn to read.... [A] moving and inspirational story." - School Library Journal, starred review
language: English
title: More Than Anything Else
titlecomplete: More Than Anything Else
genres: 2nd Grade, Historical, Cultural, Picture Books, Childrens, African American, Family, School, Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 959
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award
category: Younger Reader Category
publisher: Orchard Books