Synopsis
Why has their grandmother bothered keeping a menu from a restaurant that closed years ago, a restaurant that never served very good food in the first place? Three cousins listen to Gee's own story, set in the early days of lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville, a time when a black child could sit up front in a city bus but still could not get a milkshake at a downtown restaurant. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Abby, young readers see what it was like to live through those days and they'll come to understand that, like a menu, freedom is about having choices.
Each book in the series tells the story behind a different ‘scrap of time;' together they form a patchwork quilt of one black family's past that stretches back for generations.
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About the Authors
Gordon C. James also illustrates the Scraps of Time series by Patricia C. McKissack. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Gordon C. James also illustrates the Scraps of Time series by Patricia C. McKissack. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Abby Takes a Stand: Scraps of Time #1
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. James, Gordon (illustrator). With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. Seller Inventory # 0670060119-7-1-13_29
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Abby Takes a Stand
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Abby Takes a Stand
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ISBN 10: 0670060119
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Abby Takes a Stand: Scraps of Time #1
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ISBN 10: 0670060119
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Abby Takes a Stand
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. James, Gordon (illustrator). Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 123763600
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. James, Gordon (illustrator). 1st Edition. AS NEW FINE book & DJ Fine. Appears UNREAD.Bright clean and tight; Not a book club copy. No previous owner name, no underlining, not ex library, not price clipped, not a remainder.Shelf542. Seller Inventory # 330620
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