Description
About the Author
New York Times best-selling author Carole Boston Weatherford's 60-plus books include the Caldecott Honor book Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, for which she was awarded the Coretta Scott King Author Award and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor winner Box; and the Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square, Fannie Lou Hamer,and Moses. She won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for Becoming Billie Holiday. Weatherford teaches at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. Visit cbweatherford.com.
Reviews
"A gorgeous memorial to the four killed on that horrible day, and to the thousands of children who braved violence to help change the world." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Filled with emotion. . . . This is a book that should be in every library collection." --Library Media Connection, starred review
"An intimate experience. . . . An emotional read, made even more accessible and powerful by the viewpoint of the child narrator." --School Library Journal, starred review
Awards
Winner of Jefferson Cup (Young Adults) 2008. Commended for Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Books for Older Children) 2008. Short-listed for North Carolina Children's Book Award (Junior Book) 2009 and Rhode Island Children's Book Awards 2009.
Book Information
ISBN 9781590784402
Author Carole Boston Weatherford
Format Hardback
Page Count 40
Imprint Boyds Mills Press
Publisher Astra Publishing House
Weight(grams) 306g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 200mm * 9mm