Library's review
Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a teenage girl in Alabama was dragged o to jail for refusing to get up for a white woman on a bus. But that young girl, deemed an un t role model for the civil rights movement, was shunned and isolated
Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2009), Edition: 1, 144 pages
Description
Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history.
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Young People's Literature — 2009)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2012)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2012)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Nonfiction — 2009)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 2010)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Orbis Pictus Award (Recommended Title — 2010)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2012)
Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Winner — 2010)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 2010)
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (Honor Book — 2010)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2012)
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction (Finalist — 2010)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2010)
CCBC Choices (2010)
Notable Children's Book (2010)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2010)
Reading Olympics (Middle School — 2024)
OYAN Book Rave (2010)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2009
Pages
144
Physical description
144 p.; 9.41 inches
ISBN
0374313229 / 9780374313227
DDC/MDS
| 323.092 |
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