# Day of Tears

**Author:** Julius Lester
**Grade range:** Grades 7–12
**First published:** 2005
**Page count:** 200
**ISBN-13:** `9780786804900`
**ISBN-10:** `0786804904`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/day-of-tears
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

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### Coretta Scott King Author Award

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