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Task #20: Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK
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By Book Riot · 90 posts · 1679 views
last updated Dec 31, 2020 02:39PM
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Wow. Such an inspiring story. The format of graphic novel for this kind of history I found so effective at conveying the emotion - the tension, the fear, the literal ugliness of racism. It's a strange time to be reading this - in some ways this type of racism seems so antiquated - the segregation, the open hostility - and in other ways, I'm shocked at how far we still have to go to root out the discrimination in the hearts and minds of so, so many (thanks for illuminating this so clearly, Trump
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Aug 12, 2016
pianogal
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really liked it
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This was a good read. It lost me a little in the graphic novel format, but I do think it's a good way to tell this story. It got better as I got farther in.
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Jan 13, 2021
Jenny
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it was amazing
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A wonderful book, very excited to share it with my kids next.
I can't accurately review this until I've read the other two, but so far, great.
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Sep 13, 2015
Melissa
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really liked it
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Jun 28, 2016
Juliezs
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really liked it
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Dec 08, 2016
Melissa Wiebe
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it was amazing
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Feb 25, 2017
Hardcover Hearts
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it was amazing
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