  | March forward, girl : from young warrior to Little Rock nine Author: Beals, Melba | |
| Price: $22.38 | ||
Summary:
The memoirs of Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the first African American students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
| Illustrator: | Morrison, Frank |
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG+ Reading Level: 5.90 Points: 7.0 Quiz: 192409 | Reading Counts Information: Interest Level: 6-8 Reading Level: 7.40 Points: 13.0 Quiz: 72194 | |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (12/15/17)
School Library Journal (00/12/17)
Booklist (01/01/18)
The Hornbook (00/05/18)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 01/01/2018 Beals (Warriors Don’t Cry, 1995) wastes no time getting into the deep, choking horror of living under Jim Crow in 1940s and 1950s Arkansas. Likening her fear of white people to an ever-growing monster consuming her nights, she reflects on how the Ku Klux Klan rode through her black neighborhood, plucking friends and neighbors from their homes to be lynched for minor infractions of the codes or for fun. That fear morphed into anger and motivation to find a way out, eventually helping her to become one of the Little Rock Nine. Beals has a way with short, powerful sentences that efficiently capture her roiling emotional inner life. She also outlines the interplay of racism and sexism in a harrowing recounting of the time she was herself a target of the Klan. The narrative stops short of the integration of Little Rock Central High School, featuring it instead in the epilogue. Young readers will be gripped by Beal’s personal courage and determination to march forward for civil rights at such a young age. - Copyright 2018 Booklist.
