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jmrprice's review against another edition
3.0
Short, provocative profiles who understood what it meant to do the right thing - being good humans.
shelbyaye's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
hamckeon's review against another edition
5.0
I love this book! It has a variety of diverse biographies about people who have resisted injustice throughout history. I like how it included people I had not heard of before and included more recent people. A perfect book for the classroom :)
bookishadvocate's review against another edition
5.0
I loved learning about the people in this book, truly inspiring.
crystal_reading's review against another edition
I wish I could recommend this, but it is difficult to do that when there are no citations for the information presented. In addition, it is a very rose-colored glasses book. With Joan of Arc, readers find out that she was burned at the stake, but multiple other people were assassinated and that is never mentioned. I know that would take a bit of the shine off for those thinking about resisting, but it just really seemed that should be part of the stories. There are some amazing people highlighted and some of them seldom get to be seen on the pages of a book, but readers walk away with very incomplete information even beyond the deaths. There were other omissions too. It was a rose-colored glasses type of view.
annebennett1957's review against another edition
4.0
Very inspiring stories. I hope teen/tweens find their way to this book.
j7msjen's review against another edition
4.0
Great overview of figures through history. Definitely, gave me ideas to inspire the kids i work with.
djlanatron's review against another edition
3.0
I like the people profiled, and the different forms of resistance, but it seems weird that so many of these people literally were killed for their beliefs and these deaths aren't mentioned?
1librarianspath's review against another edition
3.0
35 entries, each with a date from their lifetime (though I couldn’t pinpoint what made each date so important), their name, a quote, a brief description of their achievements/life, and a lesson or question to be taken from it.
Although it was interesting, the brevity doesn’t do it many favours, and it’s very American centric. It is an interesting way of introducing people and events, but I felt like it glossed over key parts in some of the histories, and the lessons felt like reiterations of the same point, summed up by the introductory quote:
‘Never let your inability to do everything, undermine your determination to do something’
Here are the ‘dates’, people and lessons:
- 1429 - Joan of Arc. Q. What was I born to do?
- 1517 - Martin Luther. Lesson: one voice can shake the earth
- 1609 - Galileo Galilei. Lesson: ask questions. There is no end to what is waiting to be discovered
- 1773 - Samuel Adams. Lesson: the steadiness of commitment can do more in the long term than unsustainable sparks
- 1841 - Frederick Douglass. Lesson: it is just one word, but these six letters are enough to start a revolution: enough!
- 1850 - Sojourner Truth. Lesson: we all have the power to speak up and speak out
- 1853 - Susan B Anthony. Lesson: sisterhood can fuel a revolution
- 1860 - Lozen the Apache warrior. Lesson: your most powerful weapon is you mind
- 1865 - Sitting Bull. Lesson: the first step is to stand your ground)
- 1881 - Queen Liliuokalani. Lesson: do not let fear of failure prevent you from trying
- 1883 - Lucretia Mott. Lesson: the books we read can change our lives, and the world
- 1892 - Ida B Wells. Lesson: injustice thrives in silence. When we speak and write our truth, things change
- 1906 - Mohandas Gandhi. Lesson: you don’t have to use your fists)
- 1911 - Emiliano Zapata. Lesson: we must speak for the voiceless)
- 1933 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Lesson: the instinct to run away is natural. It’s how we respond to that instinct which defines our courage
- 1940 - Chiune Sugihara. Lesson: sometimes you must break the rules to do what’s right
- 1942 - Hedy Lamarr. Lesson: every solution begins with a question ‘what if?’
- 1944 - Nelson Mandela. Lesson: we do not need to see ourselves as heroes to change the world
- 1945 - Oskar Schindler. Lesson: whoever saves one life saves the world entire
- 1959 - The 14th Dalaï Lama. Lesson: the people who want to do good are the real majority, troublemakers make up just a handful of all the people in the world
- 1962 - Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez. Lesson: honour the hands that harvest your crops
- 1962 - Fannie Lou Hamer. Lesson: our vote is one of the most valuable things we own
- 1962 - Rachel Carson. Lesson: Earth is our home. When we fight for nature, we fight for ourselves
- 1963 - John Lewis. Lesson: find a way to get in the way
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. Lesson: in our differences we can spur each other to a common cause
- 1969 - Miriam Makeba. Lesson: he people who make art, the people who sing songs, they give hope and sustenance to the resistance
- 1972 - Harvey Milk. Lesson: oppression isolates us, resistance unites us
- 1977 - Wangari Maathai. Lesson: in forestry, as in life, there are too many people cutting, and not enough people planting
- 1980 - Archbishop Oscar Romero. Lesson: our silence does not protect us
- 2009 - Malala Yousafzai. Lesson: you are not too young
- 2011 - Janet Mock. Lesson: freedom must be inclusive
- 2013 - Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. Lesson: we can’t take for granted the rights we cherish, they need continual protecting
- 2013 - Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. Lesson: injustice need not render you powerless
- 2016 - Anastasia Somoza. Lesson: the world may look at you and say you can’t, you must know in your heart that you can
- 2017 - The million women of The Women’s March. Lesson: always be ready to March again
Although it was interesting, the brevity doesn’t do it many favours, and it’s very American centric. It is an interesting way of introducing people and events, but I felt like it glossed over key parts in some of the histories, and the lessons felt like reiterations of the same point, summed up by the introductory quote:
‘Never let your inability to do everything, undermine your determination to do something’
Here are the ‘dates’, people and lessons:
- 1429 - Joan of Arc. Q. What was I born to do?
- 1517 - Martin Luther. Lesson: one voice can shake the earth
- 1609 - Galileo Galilei. Lesson: ask questions. There is no end to what is waiting to be discovered
- 1773 - Samuel Adams. Lesson: the steadiness of commitment can do more in the long term than unsustainable sparks
- 1841 - Frederick Douglass. Lesson: it is just one word, but these six letters are enough to start a revolution: enough!
- 1850 - Sojourner Truth. Lesson: we all have the power to speak up and speak out
- 1853 - Susan B Anthony. Lesson: sisterhood can fuel a revolution
- 1860 - Lozen the Apache warrior. Lesson: your most powerful weapon is you mind
- 1865 - Sitting Bull. Lesson: the first step is to stand your ground)
- 1881 - Queen Liliuokalani. Lesson: do not let fear of failure prevent you from trying
- 1883 - Lucretia Mott. Lesson: the books we read can change our lives, and the world
- 1892 - Ida B Wells. Lesson: injustice thrives in silence. When we speak and write our truth, things change
- 1906 - Mohandas Gandhi. Lesson: you don’t have to use your fists)
- 1911 - Emiliano Zapata. Lesson: we must speak for the voiceless)
- 1933 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Lesson: the instinct to run away is natural. It’s how we respond to that instinct which defines our courage
- 1940 - Chiune Sugihara. Lesson: sometimes you must break the rules to do what’s right
- 1942 - Hedy Lamarr. Lesson: every solution begins with a question ‘what if?’
- 1944 - Nelson Mandela. Lesson: we do not need to see ourselves as heroes to change the world
- 1945 - Oskar Schindler. Lesson: whoever saves one life saves the world entire
- 1959 - The 14th Dalaï Lama. Lesson: the people who want to do good are the real majority, troublemakers make up just a handful of all the people in the world
- 1962 - Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez. Lesson: honour the hands that harvest your crops
- 1962 - Fannie Lou Hamer. Lesson: our vote is one of the most valuable things we own
- 1962 - Rachel Carson. Lesson: Earth is our home. When we fight for nature, we fight for ourselves
- 1963 - John Lewis. Lesson: find a way to get in the way
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. Lesson: in our differences we can spur each other to a common cause
- 1969 - Miriam Makeba. Lesson: he people who make art, the people who sing songs, they give hope and sustenance to the resistance
- 1972 - Harvey Milk. Lesson: oppression isolates us, resistance unites us
- 1977 - Wangari Maathai. Lesson: in forestry, as in life, there are too many people cutting, and not enough people planting
- 1980 - Archbishop Oscar Romero. Lesson: our silence does not protect us
- 2009 - Malala Yousafzai. Lesson: you are not too young
- 2011 - Janet Mock. Lesson: freedom must be inclusive
- 2013 - Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. Lesson: we can’t take for granted the rights we cherish, they need continual protecting
- 2013 - Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. Lesson: injustice need not render you powerless
- 2016 - Anastasia Somoza. Lesson: the world may look at you and say you can’t, you must know in your heart that you can
- 2017 - The million women of The Women’s March. Lesson: always be ready to March again