Loving vs Virginia - Patricia Hruby Powell 电子书Mobi+epub
Product Details
Teen & Young Adult Literature & Fiction
Gr 8 Up
Hardcover: 260 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books (January 31, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1452125902
ISBN-13: 978-1452125909
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Product Details
Hardcover: 260 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books (January 31, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1452125902
ISBN-13: 978-1452125909
From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Gr 8 Up—This title, depicting the individuals and events surrounding a watershed moment in U.S. civil rights history, is immediately relevant today. In 1950s Virginia, Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter fell in love and wanted to marry and raise their family where they were brought up. This was a problem: Loving was white, Jeter was considered "colored," and there was a law prohibiting interracial marriage. Still, the couple married in DC anyway, and after returning to Virginia, they served jail time. After years of separation and fighting the ruling, they connected with ACLU lawyers, and in 1967 their case was heard by the Supreme Court, which unanimously overturned the previous judgment against the Lovings in a landmark ruling. Written in free verse, this docu-novel alternates perspectives between Richard and Mildred. News clippings, maps, and archival photos add immediacy and context, as do Strickland's moving illustrations, in the style of "visual journalism," which she explains in an appended note. The volume also features a time line of relevant events and an appended summary of the Lovings' lives after the case. The bibliography displays the author's extensive research, which included interviews with those who were connected to the couple, and the free-verse style personalizes the historical events, which reach directly into today's headlines. No single book can tell the whole story, of course, and this offers a rich opportunity for students and adults to discuss urgent and perennial questions: In any retelling of history, what has been left out? Is every story an open subject for every author? VERDICT A natural addition to any school or public library. With the new film Loving and the upcoming 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, there will be increased attention on the Lovings' story.—Kristin Anderson, Bloomingdale Public Library, IL
Review
"Immediately relevant today. a rich opportunity for students and adults to discuss urgent and perennial questions."-School Library Journal
"Fine, dramatic storytelling in a memorable verse format."-Booklist, starred review
"Excellent starter book for those interested in learning the basics of the civil rights movement."-Publishers Weekly
"Compelling and heartrending, this true story personalizes the civil rights movement."--Common Sense Media
"Captures the subtlety of a historic moment through the eyes of characters whom teens can relate to."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"An impressive level of detail, and vivid depiction of the social environment."-The Horn Book Magazine
"A compelling, heartbreaking but ultimately triumphant tale."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A challenging, poignant read about an important civil rights case."--ForeWord Reviews
"This handsome oversized volume... tells a quiet yet powerful story."--Baltimore Sun
"Spellbinding free verse, illustrations, photos and more, it's a must for teens and adults alike."--Brit+Co.
"Presented through the alternating voices of Mildred and Richard Loving, the reader enters the lives of two people in a tight-knit community who fall in love and are forced to leave the world they have known. We grow up with them and understand their quiet strength. Patricia Hruby Powell sets the Loving's story within the historical context of the Civil Rights Movement thereby allowing readers to gain a greater understanding of the fight for equal rights, at both the personal and societal level." -Jennifer Kelley Reed, Teacher Librarian and blogger at Reederama
"Powerful and riveting."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Offers insights into the couple who never imagined they would make civil-rights history."--Austin American-Statesman
About the Author
Patricia Hruby Powell's previous book, Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, won a Sibert Honor for Nonfiction, a Coretta Scott King Honor, and five starred reviews. She lives in Illinois.
Shadra Strickland is an illustrator whose work has won an Ezra Jack Keats Award, a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, and an NAACP Image Award. She lives in Maryland.
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