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This Promise of Change
One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
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This Promise of Change
Narrado por:
Donna Allen
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Donna Allen
Recipient of a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor
Winner of the 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
2020 National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Honor Recipient
A NYPL Top Ten of 2019
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann—clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students—-found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and notes from the authors on the co-writing process.©2019 Jo Ann Allen Boyce (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Readers will empathize with Jo Ann's honest incredulity . . . Such gems relevant to today's politics, along with the narrator's strong inner voice, make this offering stand out. Powerful storytelling of a not-so-distant past.
Insightful, immediate, and passionate . . . Lyrical yet hard-hitting account of a pivotal chapter in the history of desegregation.
This evocatively told, carefully researched memoir-in-verse . . . adeptly shows readers that, like the Clinton Twelve, they too can be part of something greater than themselves.
This moving and timely memoir should have a place in all libraries that serve young adults.
Sure to mobilize youth to action and change, this book is necessary for all library collections that serve youth.
Engrossing, informative, and important for middle-grade collections.
Accessible text and fast-paced narration make this a strong recommendation for ‘One School, One Book’ middle-school reading.
[A] fine addition to texts about the integration of public schools during the civil rights era in the United States. . .
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