Just
when you thought you knew that Rosa Parks sparked what later came to be
known as the Civil Rights Movement in December, 1955, Phillip Hoose
cracks open the previously almost silent vault of Claudette Colvin. Divided
into two parts to encompass Colvin’s two major efforts to fight
injustice as a teen, Hoose gives us Colvin’s voice, along with his own
narrated tale, engaging and brief sidebars, and historical photographs.
Adolescent readers may be intrigued to learn of Colvin’s arrest and
placement in an adult jail, her meetings with Rosa Parks before Parks
made history, and her subsequent experiences as a pregnant teen. Readers
will never see Parks in the same way again. Backmatter in the
paperback edition includes an epilogue, afterword, interview,
bibliography, notes, acknowledgements, photo credits and an index, all
of which help the reader see this work of non-fiction as a
well-documented inquiry project. A riveting, inspiring non-fiction
read, this book will be of interest to social studies and ELA teachers
alike, as well as their students. --Jessica Fenster-Sparber
Social Studies teachers may be interested in these lesson plans developed by The State of Rhode Island and librarians may want to familiarize themselves with this pathfinder from Eduscape’s website.
Hoose, Philip. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. New York: Macmillan, 2009. Print.
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