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    Abby Takes a Stand

    Part of Scraps of Time

    Author Patricia McKissack
    Illustrated by Gordon C. James
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    $7.99 US
    Penguin Young Readers | Puffin Books
    5.13"W x 7.69"H x 0.35"D  
    On sale Dec 28, 2006 | 128 Pages | 9780142406878
    Grades 3-7
    Reading Level: Lexile 580L
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    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
    PATRICIA C. McKISSACK was the author of over 100 children's books, including The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, which was a Newbery Honor book and a Coretta Scott King Award winner. She also received the Coretta Scott King Award for A Long Hard Journey: The Story of Pullman Porter and Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters.

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    "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

    "This accessible, lively, and heartfelt chapter book reades like a memoir and makes a perfect introduction to an extraordinary time when regular people, even ten-year-old girls, make a difference." --The Horn Book

    "This easy chapter book, with simple sentences, plenty of white space, and a liberal sprinkling of Gordon's expressive black-and-white drawings, is an appealing and welcome title." --School Library Journal

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    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

    Author

    PATRICIA C. McKISSACK was the author of over 100 children's books, including The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, which was a Newbery Honor book and a Coretta Scott King Award winner. She also received the Coretta Scott King Award for A Long Hard Journey: The Story of Pullman Porter and Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters.

     View titles by Patricia McKissack
    © CHDWCK
    Gordon C. James View titles by Gordon C. James

    Praise

    "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

    "This accessible, lively, and heartfelt chapter book reades like a memoir and makes a perfect introduction to an extraordinary time when regular people, even ten-year-old girls, make a difference." --The Horn Book

    "This easy chapter book, with simple sentences, plenty of white space, and a liberal sprinkling of Gordon's expressive black-and-white drawings, is an appealing and welcome title." --School Library Journal

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