A review by dormilonaluna
Abby Takes a Stand by Gordon James, Patricia C. McKissack

4.0

I read this to my fourth graders as a core text for our American Historical Fiction unit. It’s a decent book that tackles a difficult subject—segregation—but it doesn’t go in depth. A lot of my students mentioned that Abby felt a bit like a doll, more so than Kenny (of the Watsons Go To Birmingham, which is the other book we’re reading for the unit). I enjoyed it, it was a quick and easy read, and it worked well for our purposes.