{"product_id":"sweet-justice-isbn-9781524720643","title":"Sweet Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring picture-book biography about the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956, from an award-winning illustrator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Public Library\u003ci\u003e • \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrested--pulled off a city bus and thrown in jail all because she wouldn't let a white man take her seat. To protest, the radio urged everyone to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955. Throughout the boycott--at Holt Street Baptist Church meetings led by a young minister named Martin Luther King, Jr.--and throughout the struggle for justice, Georgia served up her mouth-watering fried chicken, her spicy collard greens, and her sweet potato pie, eventually selling them to raise money to help the cause. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is the vibrant true story of a hidden figure of the civil rights movement, told in flavorful language by a picture-book master, and stunningly illustrated by a Caldecott Honor recipient and seven-time Coretta Scott King award-winning artist.\u003cb\u003eA ROBERT F. SIBERT HONOR BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compelling… both narratively and artistically.\" —The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ★ \"Offering an outstanding take on the Montgomery Bus Boycott from a fresh perspective, this is an essential purchase.\" —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★ \"Christie’s richly colorful, expressive gouache paintings bring the bus boycott into focus while depicting Gilmore as the text portrays her: a down-to-earth hero who used her considerable talent, energy, and courage to work for justice.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003estarred reviewMARA ROCKLIFF is the author of many lively historical books for children, including \u003ci\u003eMesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France,\u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Cook Prize and an Orbis Pictus Honor Book. Her newest titles are \u003ci\u003eLights! Camera! Alice! The Thrilling True Adventures of the First Woman Filmmaker,\u003c\/i\u003e called \"Subtly STEM, fun, and beautiful to look at\" in a starred review from \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBorn to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz,\u003c\/i\u003e among other books. Visit her on the web at mararockliff.com or on Twitter @mararockliff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eR. GREGORY CHRISTIE has illustrated more than fifty books for young adults and children, including \u003ci\u003eFreedom in Congo Square\u003c\/i\u003e by Carole Boston Weatherford, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor. His most recent work, \u003ci\u003eMemphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop\u003c\/i\u003e by Alice Faye Duncan, has received five starred reviews. He has also received two \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Book awards, three Coretta Scott King Honors for illustration, the NAACP's Image Award, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/i\u003e Award, and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. He currently operates his store of autographed children's books, GAS-ART Gifts, in Decatur, Georgia. Visit gas-art.com.","brand":"Random House Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303320867045,"sku":"NP9781524720643","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781524720643.jpg?v=1767737660","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/sweet-justice-isbn-9781524720643","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}