Status
Available
Publication
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2021), 176 pages
Library's review
Aremixed remix of a foundational text.
Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning (2016) is a crucial accounting of American history, rewritten and condensed for teens by Jason Reynolds as Stamped (2020). Educator Cherry-Paul takes the breadth of the first and the jaunty appeal of the second to spin a
Exhilarating, excellent, necessary. (timeline, glossary, further reading.) (Nonfiction. 10-14)
-Kirkus Review
Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning (2016) is a crucial accounting of American history, rewritten and condensed for teens by Jason Reynolds as Stamped (2020). Educator Cherry-Paul takes the breadth of the first and the jaunty appeal of the second to spin a
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middle-grade version that manages to be both true to its forebears and yet all her own. She covers the same historical ground, starting with the origins of anti-Blackness and colonialism in medieval Europe, then taking readers through the founding of the U.S.A. and up to the present, with focuses on pivotal figures and pieces of pop culture. Cherry-Paul does an unparalleled job of presenting this complex information to younger readers, borrowing language from Reynolds’ remix (like the definitions of segregationists, assimilationists, and antiracists) and infusing it with her own interpretations, like the brilliant, powerful, haunting metaphor of rope woven throughout. “Rope can be a lifeline,” she says, and “rope can be a weapon….Rope can be used to tie, pull, hold, and lift.” Readers are encouraged to “Think about the way rope connects things. Now think about what racist ideas have been connected to so far: Skin color. Money. Religion. Land.” Baker’s stark portraiture paces the text and illustrates key players.Exhilarating, excellent, necessary. (timeline, glossary, further reading.) (Nonfiction. 10-14)
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Awards
Audie Award (Finalist — Middle Grade — 2022)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2024)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 2023)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2024)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Finalist — 2022)
CCBC Choices (2022)
Notable Children's Book (2022)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2021)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2021-05
ISBN
0316167584 / 9780316167581
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