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Scholastic Paperbacks, 2010-01-09

Story of Ruby Bridges (Special Anniversary)

Story of Ruby Bridges (Special Anniversary)

Robert Coles, Author

George Ford, Illustrator

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9780439472265

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For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.
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Simple yet powerful, this true story honors the quiet bravery of a child who walked into school alone. With dignity and truth, it introduces readers to moral courage, peaceful resistance, and the impact one young person can make.

Keywords and Themes: African American & Black • Biography & Autobiography • Character • Courage • Determination • Dignity • Equality • Girls & Women • Historical • History • Hope • Integrity • Justice • Juvenile Nonfiction • Peace • Prejudice & Racism • Social Activists • Social Topics

Readability • 4.9

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 32

Subjects • Bridges • Ruby • African Americans • Louisiana • New Orleans • School integration • New Orleans (La.) • Race relations • Biographies

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists • Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women • Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism • Juvenile Nonfiction | African American & Black

The inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges.

The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' powerful narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby's story of courage, faith, and hope continues to resonate more than 60 years later.
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