Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! (Hardcover)

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by Claudette Colvin and Phillip Hoose

Description

Civil rights icon Claudette Colvin teams up with Phillip Hoose to tell her groundbreaking story in this unforgettable picture book illustrated by bestselling artist Bea Jackson.
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Montgomery, Alabama 1955. Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is tired. Tired of white people thinking they’re better than her. Tired of going to separate schools and separate bathrooms. Most of all, she’s tired of having to give up her seat on the bus whenever a white person tells her to. She wants freedom NOW! But what can one teenager do?

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On a bus ride home from school one day, young Claudette takes a stand for justice and refuses to get up from her seat—nine months before Rosa Parks will become famous for doing the same. What follows will not only transform Claudette’s life but the course of history itself.

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In the words of Claudette Colvin herself, as told to acclaimed nonfiction writer Phillip Hoose, this empowering, heroic story illustrates how one simple act of courage can create real and lasting change.

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About the Author

Claudette Colvin (1939-2026) was a civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat led to the Montgomery bus boycott and helped bring an end to segregation on buses throughout the South.
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Phillip Hoose is an award-winning author of books, essays, stories, songs and articles.

Product Details

Category: Children's Books, Ages 4-8

Language: English

Format/Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: New

ISBN-10: 037438973X

ISBN-13: 978-0374389734

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Date Published: November 12, 2024

Pages: 40

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