Searching for Sarah Rector
Subtitle: the richest black girl in America
By: Tonya Bolden
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781419708466
Subjects: Millionaires; Women millionaires; African American women; African Americans; Juvenile literature; Biography; Women
Description: From primary documents, including court and census records and interviews with family members, author Tonya Bolden pieces together the events of Sarah Rector's life and the lives of those around her when oil was discovered on her land allotment, making her wealthy.

This book recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes glossary.

4-8 Medialog, Inc.

Accelerated Reader MG 6.9 2 2 164233
Table of contents: title: 160 acres - Three and a half dollars an acre - Twelve and a half percent - One million dollars.