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This moving photo-essay covers much more than just an account of the Birmingham, Alabama, Baptist Church bombing that killed four young girls in 1963. The detailed text, illustrated with black-and-white photos on every spacious double-page spread, sets the shocking assassination of the... read more
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“September 15, 1963. six children died that day - Cynthia, Carole, Addie Mae, Denise, Johnny, and Virgil. Remember them....Remember the thirty-nine years it took for justice to finally be served. Remember this, the most horrendous day of the civil rights movement - Birmingham Sunday. <last few lines of text>”
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First Sentence edit
As she often did, fourteen-year-old Addie Mae Collins walked the sixteen blocks to church on Sunday morning with her older sister, Janie, and younger sister, Sarah. It was September 15, 1963.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Kirkus Reviews: 2010 Best Children's Books. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Larry Dane Brimner (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Add the language.
Publisher: Calkins Creek
Country: US
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-59078-613-0
Page Count: 48
Publisher: Calkins Creek
Country: US
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-59078-613-0
Page Count: 48
Awards edit
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award (books for older readers, winner)
- Norman A. Sugarman Children's Biography Award (Cleveland Public Library) (winner)
- New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
- Skipping Stones Honor Awards
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 323.11960730761781
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