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kelleemoye's review
4.0
Full review with teaching tools: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=11385
This book is not just an important book for young adults to read, it is an important book PERIOD. The story of Jonathan Daniels and his impact within the Civil Rights Movement shows how rights for equality is a fight for all people, not just those who are being discriminated against. Daniels had the guts to stand up for what he believed in. The connection between Jonathan Daniels’s story and the current racial tension is scary yet hopeful because it shows how differences can be made by those who believe in equity, equality, kindness, and love.
This book is not just an important book for young adults to read, it is an important book PERIOD. The story of Jonathan Daniels and his impact within the Civil Rights Movement shows how rights for equality is a fight for all people, not just those who are being discriminated against. Daniels had the guts to stand up for what he believed in. The connection between Jonathan Daniels’s story and the current racial tension is scary yet hopeful because it shows how differences can be made by those who believe in equity, equality, kindness, and love.
libscote's review
3.0
I don't know. I feel like, if you described this story to me, I would have been told you it was a great story. Reading it, I felt detached. For me, I wondered why I was reading a book about a white person helping out in the civil rights movement when there are so many people of color that we don't know enough about. Then, I felt conflicted because I want white people to be a part of the movement as well, and books like this might inspire them. So I don't know really what I wanted from this book, but the mood I was in while reading it says to me that it wasn't the right book for me at the right time.
As far as the writing goes, it's fine. The main problem is the blue pages with black text on it, which makes those pages hard to read. There are some black pages where they use white text, so changing the font color wasn't a problem there.
As far as the writing goes, it's fine. The main problem is the blue pages with black text on it, which makes those pages hard to read. There are some black pages where they use white text, so changing the font color wasn't a problem there.
bethmitcham's review
4.0
I learned stuff about Daniels and the Selma march and civil rights activities in Alabama; it was fun to read this soon after John Lewis's [b:March: Book Three|29436571|March Book Three (March, #3)|John Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1457361267s/29436571.jpg|49704739] since some of the same characters (including Lewis) show up in both. The bright colors of some of the pages made the book seem lively but also made some pages hard to read.
A nagging thought in the back of my head wondered why this guy got a book. There's no doubt that he was an inspiration to his hometown and a part of of the civil rights movement, but why not a book about Ruby Sales or some of the murdered locals (mostly black)? This is a story worth telling, but there are many such stories and it seems the story is more likely to be told/published if it's about a white boy. But death makes for a good ending, and the authors had just moved to his hometown where his name shows up a lot (local elementary now named after him).
A nagging thought in the back of my head wondered why this guy got a book. There's no doubt that he was an inspiration to his hometown and a part of of the civil rights movement, but why not a book about Ruby Sales or some of the murdered locals (mostly black)? This is a story worth telling, but there are many such stories and it seems the story is more likely to be told/published if it's about a white boy. But death makes for a good ending, and the authors had just moved to his hometown where his name shows up a lot (local elementary now named after him).
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