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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Newbery Honor Book; National Book Award Winner)

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Newbery Honor Book; National Book Award Winner)

Phillip Hoose, Author

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In this Newbery Honor book, Hoose tells the story of Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl who took a stand for civil rights just months before Rosa Parks. Photos.
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A teenager’s quiet defiance ignites a powerful ripple of justice. Through firsthand accounts and vivid storytelling, this book honors the overlooked courage of a young woman whose integrity and determination helped reshape a nation.

Keywords and Themes: Award Winner • Biography & Autobiography • Civil & Human Rights • Courage • Determination • Empathy • Historical • Inspiration • Integrity • Justice • Leadership • Prejudice & Racism • Reflection • Resilience • Responsibility • Social Topics • Women • Young Adult Nonfiction

Readability • 7.6

Age Range • 13-17

Pages • 160

Subjects • African American teenage girls • Segregation • History • Segregation in transportation • Montgomery (Ala.) • Race relations • 20th century • Women • Montgomery • Colvin • Claudette • African Americans • Alabama • African American civil rights workers

Categories • Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical • Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women • Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism • Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Civil & Human Rights

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.

"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

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.

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.

Awards and Praise for Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
National Book Award Winner
A Newbery Honor Book
A YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist
A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Amazon.com 100 Biographies and Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime

"Hoose's book, based in part on interviews with Colvin and people who knew her--finally gives her the credit she deserves." --The New York Times Book Review

"Claudette's eloquent bravery is unforgettable." --The Wall Street Journal

★ "This inspiring title shows the incredible difference that a single young person can make." --Booklist, starred review

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