MayJasper Thanks for this. I cannot imagine how intimidated those children felt. 4y
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This Promise of Change: One Girls Story in the Fight for School Equality | 
I love being a #bookfairy! I left a copy of This Promise of Change at the park down the street for some lucky reader to snatch up ? Hopefully they will enjoy finding it as much as I enjoyed "hiding" it! #ibelieveinbookfairies ??♂️
“Mom is quieter, but you can borrow a cup of sugar anytime from our kitchen and never have to pay it back.”
The pages in this book are not crowded with words, which I think would intimidate children a lot less. They can read this book with ease while learning a lesson along the way as well.
pickGenre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
This is a story about a young girl fighting for civil rights in her school and community in general. I like how the story is told by giving dates — this gives the book a “journal-like” and personal feel.
Read about this last month in one of my recent release emails — I‘m a little behind. Today I saw it on the new books wall at the public library.
I‘m a big fan of novels-in-verse and excited to see more memoirs told in verse.
I had a book lined up to be next; this might bump it 😊
Really enjoying this memoir in verse by Jo Ann Allen Boyce who integrated the high school in Clinton, TN in 1956. Great verse and includes headlines, clips from court docs, etc for a kind of documentary feel. Comes out in January, put it on your radar! #yalit #verse #amreading #bloomsburykids #howiereads
