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Zusatztext "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 Informationen zum Autor Gordon C. James also illustrates the Scraps of Time series by Patricia C. McKissack. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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 ...
