Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case (Books about Love for Kids, Civil Rights History Book) - Hardcover

Powell, Patricia Hruby

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1452125902 ISBN 13: 9781452125909

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2017

Synopsis

From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won.

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Review:

"Presented through the alternating voices of Mildred and Richard Loving, the reader enters the lives of two people in a tight-knit community who fall in love and are forced to leave the world they have known. We grow up with them and understand their quiet strength. Patricia Hruby Powell sets the Loving's story within the historical context of the Civil Rights Movement thereby allowing readers to gain a greater understanding of the fight for equal rights, at both the personal and societal level." -Jennifer Kelley Reed, Teacher Librarian and blogger at Reederama

"Excellent starter book for those interested in learning the basics of the civil rights movement."-Publishers Weekly

"Immediately relevant today. a rich opportunity for students and adults to discuss urgent and perennial questions."-School Library Journal

"This stunning book is a must-purchase for the simple pleasure of its poetry, its genuine and moving story, and its respectful consideration of this monumental case on its 50th anniversary."--School Library Connection

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Read On Wisconsin! State Reading List 2018-2019

Best Teen Books of the Year - Kings County Public Library

"This handsome oversized volume... tells a quiet yet powerful story."-Baltimore Sun

"Tells a quiet yet powerful story."-The Chicago Tribune

About the Author:

Patricia Hruby Powell's previous book, Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, won a Sibert Honor for Nonfiction, a Coretta Scott King Honor, and five starred reviews. She lives in Illinois. Shadra Strickland is an illustrator whose work has won an Ezra Jack Keats Award, a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, and an NAACP Image Award. She lives in Maryland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1452125902
• ISBN 13: 9781452125909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260
• Illustrator: Strickland Shadra