Age
8-12
Grade
3-7
Patricia McKissack, Gordon C. James
Abby Takes a Stand
Paperback
(Puffin Books Dec. 28, 2006)
, Reprint edition
A historical chapter book series from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author, Patricia C. McKissack.
Why has their grandmother bothered keeping a menu from a restaurant that closed years ago, a restaurant that never served very good food in the first place? Three cousins listen to Gee's own story, set in the early days of lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville, a time when a black child could sit up front in a city bus but still could not get a milk shake at a downtown restaurant. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Abby, young readers see what it was like to live through those days, and they'll come to understand that, like a menu, freedom is about having choices. Each book in this series tells the story behind a different "scrap of time"; together they form a patchwork quilt of one black family's past that stretches back for generations.
"A perfect introduction to an extraordinary time when regular people, even ten-year-old girls, make a difference." --The Horn Book
"The book gives readers a kid's-eye view of important happenings and reminds them that history is something that is in the making." --Booklist
- Series
- Scraps of Time (Book 1)
- ISBN
- 0142406872 / 9780142406878
- Pages
- 104
- Weight
- 2.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.8 x 5.1
in.