ISBN: 0312661053 9780312661052

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Page count: 133

<p><b>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER AND NEWBERY HONOR BOOK ● Before Rosa Parks, there was 15-year-old Claudette Colvin. Read the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure in this multi-award winning, mega-selling biography from the incomparable Phillip Hoose. </b><br><br><i>“When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, ‘This is not right.’” —Claudette Colvin</i><br><br>On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders. Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South.<br><br>Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first major biography of a remarkable civil rights hero, skillfully weaving her riveting story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history. <br><br>Awards and Praise for<i> Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice</i><br>National Book Award Winner<br>A Newbery Honor Book<br>A YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist<br>A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book<br>Amazon.com 100 Biographies and Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime<br><br><b>“Hoose's book, based in part on interviews with Colvin and people who knew her—finally gives her the credit she deserves.” </b>—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><br><b>“Claudette's eloquent bravery is unforgettable.”</b> —<i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br><br>★ <b>“This inspiring title shows the incredible difference that a single young person can make.” </b>—<i>Booklist</i>, <b>starred review</b></p>