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With the Might of Angels
With the Might of Angels | Andrea Davis Pinkney
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Bestselling author and Coretta Scott King Award winner Andrea Davis Pinkney presents a moving fictional account of school desegregation in the Civil Rights Era.Twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson's life turns upside down after the Supreme Court rules in favor of desegregation in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education. Her parents decide that Dawnie will attend Prettyman Coburn, a previously all-white school -- but she'll be the only one of her friends to enroll in this new school. Not everyone in Dawnie's town of Hadley, Virginia, supports integration, though, and much of the community is outraged by the decision. As she starts school, Dawnie encounters the harsh realities of racism. But the backlash against her arrival at Prettyman Coburn is more than she's prepared for, and she begins to wonder if the hardship is worth it. Will Dawnie be able to hold on to the true meaning of justice and remain faithful to her own sense of integrity?
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With the Might of Angels | Andrea Davis Pinkney
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I will have my list ready later today. Still pondering. I had a lot of fun fun with it last time.

#bookspin
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TheAromaofBooks Yay! I'll look forward to your list!! 5y
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Butterfinger
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"We as a people will get through the Promised Land" Martin Luther King, Jr.

This book was amazing, heartbreaking, and uplifting at the same time. A young girl and her family get flack from her community and the white community just for trying to go to the school that will give her the opportunity to become a doctor. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

#Booked2020 finish in a day
#PopSugar2020 woc

TheAromaofBooks Glad you enjoyed this one, even if it was a somber read! Still need to get my #bookspin book checked off!! 5y
alisiakae Sounds like a great book. Tagging fellow #booked2020 co-hosts @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage 5y
Butterfinger @4thhouseontheleft it is a new cover for one of the Dear America books. Do you remember those? They must be getting new covers. 5y
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Butterfinger
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Dawnie has been chosen to be the new student to integrate. My heart is literally wrenching right alongside hers. #teachempathythroughhistory
@TheAromaofBooks #bookspin My number 18. ♥️

TheAromaofBooks 😢 This looks like a hard but good read!! 5y
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Butterfinger
With the Might of Angels | Andrea Davis Pinkney
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My 18 #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks That was fun.

TheAromaofBooks Yay! Good luck getting to your book - be sure to let me know how you enjoyed it!! 5y
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Butterfinger
With the Might of Angels | Andrea Davis Pinkney
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The school is having a book fair and my good friend knows I have no shame when it comes to books.
H - "Come on Tammy. I'll get you a book."
T - "No thank. How much?"
H- "I enjoy doing this for you."

I normally say no, but I can't say no when it comes to books. I'm shameless.