{"product_id":"abby-takes-a-stand-isbn-9780142406878","title":"Abby Takes a Stand","description":"\u003cb\u003eA historical chapter book series from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author, Patricia C. McKissack.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy 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 milk shake 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 this 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A perfect introduction to an extraordinary time when regular people, even ten-year-old girls, make a difference.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book gives readers a kid's-eye view of important happenings and reminds them that history is something that is in the making.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\"The book gives readers a kid's-eye view of important happenings and reminds them that history is something that is in the making.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This accessible, lively, and heartfelt chapter book reades like a memoir and makes a perfect introduction to an extraordinary time when regular people, even ten-year-old girls, make a difference.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This easy chapter book, with simple sentences, plenty of white space, and a liberal sprinkling of Gordon's expressive black-and-white drawings, is an appealing and welcome title.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGordon C. James also illustrates the \u003ci\u003eScraps of Time\u003c\/i\u003e series by Patricia C. McKissack. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.","brand":"Puffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305304019173,"sku":"NP9780142406878","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142406878.jpg?v=1767720954","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/abby-takes-a-stand-isbn-9780142406878","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}