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Christopher Paul CurtisA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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In this 2019 Scholastic novel by Andrea Davis Pinkney, 12-year-old Dawnie Ray Johnson enrolls in a previously all-white school after the Supreme Court rules in favor of desegregation in Brown v. Board of Education.
Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball phenomenon Jackie Robinson, turned 13 in January of 1963. In this Scholastic memoir, she recalls the landmark events of a crucial year in the Civil Rights Movement.
National Public Radio provides a book background, reaction from educators, and the article writer’s personal connection to the story of the book as one of their January 2011 Kids’ Book Club Pick.
Podcast interview with the author on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered podcast, January 12, 2012.
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