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Abby Takes a Stand: 1960
Contributor(s): McKissack, Patricia (Author), James, Gordon C. (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0142406872     ISBN-13: 9780142406878
Publisher: Puffin Books
OUR PRICE:   $7.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2006
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Annotation: Through the eyes of ten-year-old Abby, readers see what life was like for a black child in Nashville in 1960, when she couldn't get served a milkshake at a downtown restaurant. Illustrations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 580
Series: Scraps of Time (Quality)
Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.14" W x 7.78" (0.21 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Cultural Region - South
- Geographic Orientation - Tennessee
- Locality - Nashville, Tennessee
- Chronological Period - 1960's
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 89267
Reading Level: 3.6   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
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