Status
Available
Publication
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2020), Edition: 1, 320 pages
Library's review
"Award-winning author Reynolds (Look Both Ways, 2019, etc.) presents a young readers’ version of American University professor Kendi’s (How To Be an Antiracist, 2019, etc.) Stamped From the Beginning (2016).
This volume, which is “not a history book,” chronicles racist ideology, specifically
Impressive and much needed. (further reading, source notes, index) (Nonfiction. 12-adult)" A Kirkus Starred Review, www.kirkusreviews.com
This volume, which is “not a history book,” chronicles racist ideology, specifically
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anti-Blackness in the U.S., from its genesis to its pernicious manifestations in the present day. In an open, conversational tone, Reynolds makes it clear that anti-Black racist ideology in the U.S. has consistently relied on the erronious belief that African people (and Black people in general) are “dumb” and “savage,” ideas perpetuated through the written word, other media, and pseudo-science. Using separationist, assimilationist, and anti-racist historical figures, a direct line is drawn throughout U.S history from chattel slavery through the Civil War, Jim Crow, the civil rights era, the war on drugs, and #BlackLivesMatter, with plenty of little-known, compelling, and disturbing details inserted. Readers who want to truly understand how deeply embedded racism is in the very fabric of the U.S., its history, and its systems will come away educated and enlightened. It’s a monumental feat to chronicle in so few pages the history of not only anti-Black racism in the U.S., but also assimilationist and anti-racist thought as well. In the process it succeeds at connecting “history directly...to our lives as we live them right this minute.” Worthy of inclusion in every home and in curricula and libraries everywhere.Impressive and much needed. (further reading, source notes, index) (Nonfiction. 12-adult)" A Kirkus Starred Review, www.kirkusreviews.com
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Awards
Kirkus Prize (Finalist — Young Readers' Literature — 2020)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2022)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 6-8 — 2022)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 9-12 — 2023)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2022)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Nominee — 2022)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2022)
Green Mountain Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
Thumbs Up! Award (Top Ten — 2021)
Blue Hen Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Almost Made It — 2022)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Recommended — 2023)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2022)
Arkansas Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
Florida Teens Read Award (Nominee — 2022)
The Flume: NH Teen Reader's Choice Award (Runner-Up — 2022)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Finalist — 2020)
Kids' Book Choice Awards (Finalist — 2021)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2022)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Older Readers — 2021)
Milwaukee County Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2021)
Odyssey Award (Honor — 2021)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2022)
The White Ravens (2020)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee — 2022)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
CYBILS Awards (Winner — 2020)
Maine Student Book Award (Reading List — 2022)
Yellowhammer Book Awards (Honor Book — 2021)
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction (Nominee — 2021)
James Cook Teen Book Award (Honor Book — 2021)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nominee — 2021)
NPR: Books We Love (2020)
Reading Across Rhode Island (2021)
CCBC Choices (2021)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (High School — 2021)
New York Public Library Best Books: For Kids (Nonfiction — 2021)
Notable Children's Book (2021)
Nerdy Book Award (2021)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Nonfiction — 2020)
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (Top Ten — 2021)
Just One More Page Recommendation List (Young Adult — 2021)
El día de los niños / El día de los libros (6-8 — 2020)
Project LIT Book Selection (Young Adult — 2021)
OYAN Book Rave (2021)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List (Grades 9-12 — 2021)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2020
ISBN
0316453692 / 9780316453691