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Abby Takes a Stand: 1960

Abby Takes a Stand: 1960

McKissack, Patricia
James, Gordon C.

Paperback

Series: Scraps of Time

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ISBN10: 0142406872
ISBN13: 9780142406878
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: Dec 28 2006
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.14 Depth: 7.78
Language: English
A historical chapter book series from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author, Patricia C. McKissack.

Why has their grandmother bothered keeping a menu from a restaurant that closed years ago, a restaurant that never served very good food in the first place? Three cousins listen to Gee's own story, set in the early days of lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville, a time when a black child could sit up front in a city bus but still could not get a milk shake at a downtown restaurant. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Abby, young readers see what it was like to live through those days, and they'll come to understand that, like a menu, freedom is about having choices. Each book in this series tells the story behind a different scrap of time; together they form a patchwork quilt of one black family's past that stretches back for generations.

A perfect introduction to an extraordinary time when regular people, even ten-year-old girls, make a difference. --The Horn Book

The book gives readers a kid's-eye view of important happenings and reminds them that history is something that is in the making. --Booklist

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