Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Why Selected: Required read, YA fiction.
Literary Merit: Humorous accounts of a family that takes a trip to Birmingham and is faced with racism in different forms. The humor gives way to serious issues of life and death. There is a lot of conflict in this book which makes it an excellent class discussion novel. A really good introduction to the civil rights movement in the classroom.
Share: Class read and discussion
Appeal: Grades 2-5
Awards: King Honor and Newbery Honor Book - 1996
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