Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and Work

by Victoria Ortiz

Hardcover, 2019

Status

Available

Call number

J B GIN

Genres

Nonfiction

Collection

Juvenile Biography

Publication

Clarion Books (2019), 208 pages

Description

Biography & Autobiography. Young Adult Nonfiction. HTML: A 2020 Sydney Taylor Honor Book The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with b/w archival photographs. Dramatically narrated case histories from Justice Ginsburg's stellar career are interwoven with an account of RBG's life�??childhood, family, beliefs, education, marriage, legal and judicial career, children, and achievements�??and her many-faceted personality is captured. The cases described, many involving young people, demonstrate her passionate concern for gender equality, fairness, and our constitutional rights. Notes, bibliography, index.… (more)

Barcode

6226

Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Honor Book — Young Adult — 2020)

Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — 2021)

The Best Children's Books of the Year (2020)

Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Junior — 2020)

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2019)

Language

English

Lexile

1250L

User reviews

LibraryThing member ecataldi

Not 100% linear and not exactly groundbreaking; but still a wonderful introduction to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and work. Not only does it highlight RBG's work as a supreme court judge, but it also paints a broad picture of all the landmark cases that she worked on as a lawyer for the ACLU , as a

law professor, and as US Court of Appeals judge. This book's primary audience will be tweens and teens, but could also get reluctant adult readers a good overview. Filled with pictures, court cases, and law terms; this book could really get a kid jazzed about how crucial the law can be. Peppered throughout the book is a bit about RBG's personal life; her kids, wonderful husband, and the unconventional family unit they had as a young family. A good intro on the wonderful things that Ginsburg has accomplished for the betterment of this country that will get any reader pumped up to read more.

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LibraryThing member Lioninthelibrary

Dissenter on the Bench by Victoria Ortiz is a well-packaged presentation for young adults who are interested in powerful stories of historical strong women. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life story, in this version, will appeal to young adults because while it reads in a non-linear historical fashion, the

chapters and stories unfold (in the audio version, particularly) as told by a voice who speaks with a younger style, and the perspective of a young Ruth (or, Joan Ruth, as she starts named in the story) and why she changes her name and where her strong value system starts, which will definitely appeal to current younger readers. Actual descriptions of the court process and structure may be more detail than some students are interested in yet the facts are nicely interspersed with the story elements so feel part of the drama rather than feeling like a historical textbook.

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ISBN

054497364X / 9780544973640

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