Ketanji - Justice Jackson's Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court

From two Coretta Scott King Honor winners comes this uplifting picture book biography about Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is making history as the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Ketanji Brown Jackson is no stranger to overcoming obstacles. When a high school guidance counselor told her she should set her sights lower than Harvard, she decided to go to Harvard for college and law school. When she became a public defender and saw inequalities in the justice system, she used her legal skills to advocate for people who needed help, but couldn''t afford an attorney. Ketanji''s path to the Supreme Court was unique: She''s the only current Justice to have been a public defender and one of a few who went to public school. Her story is powerful and heartening, and it''s a lesson in overcoming adversity by being true to yourself. Margaret A. Edwards Award winner, Printz Honor winner, and National Book Award finalist Kekla Magoon and Coretta Scott King honoree Laura Freeman reunite to present a generation of readers with a new inspirational figure.

Product details

• Authors: Kekla Magoon
• Assisted by: Laura Freeman (Illustration)
• Publisher: Quill Tree Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2023
• EAN: 9780063296169
• ISBN: 978-0-06-329616-9
• No. of pages: 40
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Law, police and crime, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Political, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / 19th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Law & Crime, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / 21st Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Activism & Social Justice, Relating to African American / Black American people