melissasarahrobinson's review against another edition
3.0
Amazing subject and great illustrations, but I found the writing uneven. More attention should be paid to Miss Colvin's role in the Civil Rights Movement.
jennybeastie's review against another edition
4.0
I absolutely love that this series is getting extremely talented authors to write for it -- love Lesa Cline-Ransome's work in general, and she does a particularly nice job with this short biography. I didn't know about Claudette Colvin, and I think it is really powerful for kids to know that kids and teens were on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement. Awesome.
bardo's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.5
sallenreads's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Child death, Classism, Police brutality, and Racial slurs
fernthepanda's review against another edition
4.0
I received an eAudio courtesy of Volumes in exchange for my honest review.
Fantastic and so important for people to know this story. I don't recall every learning about Claudette in school which is a huge shame. She is quite inspiring.
Fantastic and so important for people to know this story. I don't recall every learning about Claudette in school which is a huge shame. She is quite inspiring.
lbandoch's review against another edition
4.0
I’m so glad this is a series! I liked the original picture book, but I felt like elaboration was needed on historical figures. This series is great for kids who like the “who was” or “who is” books.
The chapters are short and the sentences are simple. It’s written in a narrative format that will appeal to young readers. My biggest thing is that is stopped too soon. I realize that Claudette didn’t become the face of a civil rights movement for a reason (she became pregnant soon afterwards, and an unmarried woman in the south with a potentially white lover would have been disastrously scandalous). BUT I feel like a follow up chapter on how the fight for civil rights continued after the story ended would have been nice, as I often feel many civil-rights era children’s books give the misinterpretation that everything was fixed.
But overall, a great book to add to any collection!
The chapters are short and the sentences are simple. It’s written in a narrative format that will appeal to young readers. My biggest thing is that is stopped too soon. I realize that Claudette didn’t become the face of a civil rights movement for a reason (she became pregnant soon afterwards, and an unmarried woman in the south with a potentially white lover would have been disastrously scandalous). BUT I feel like a follow up chapter on how the fight for civil rights continued after the story ended would have been nice, as I often feel many civil-rights era children’s books give the misinterpretation that everything was fixed.
But overall, a great book to add to any collection!
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