\n A pivotal moment in a child\u2019s life, at once stirring and authentically personal.\n <\/p>\n
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Before growing up to become a major figure in the civil rights movement, a boy finds a role model.<\/p>\n
Buffing up a childhood tale told by her renowned father, Young Shelton describes how young Andrew saw scary men marching in his New Orleans neighborhood (\u201cIt sounded like they were yelling \u2018Hi, Hitler!\u2019 \u201d). In response to his questions, his father took him to see a newsreel of Jesse Owens (\u201ca runner who looked like me\u201d) triumphing in the 1936 Olympics. \u201cRacism is a sickness,\u201d his father tells him. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to help folks like that.\u201d How? \u201cWell, you can start by just being the best person you can be,\u201d his father replies. \u201cIt\u2019s what you do that counts.\u201d In James\u2019 hazy chalk pastels, Andrew joins racially diverse playmates (including a White child with an Irish accent proudly displaying the nickel he got from his aunt as a bribe to stop playing with \u201cthose Colored boys\u201d) in tag and other games, playing catch with his dad, sitting in the midst of a cheering crowd in the local theater\u2019s segregated balcony, and finally visualizing himself pelting down a track alongside his new hero\u2014\u201chead up, back straight, eyes focused,\u201d as a thematically repeated line has it, on the finish line. An afterword by Young Shelton explains that she retold this story, told to her many times growing up, drawing from conversations with Young and from her own research; family photos are also included. (This book was reviewed digitally.)<\/i><\/p>\n
A pivotal moment in a child\u2019s life, at once stirring and authentically personal.
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\n (Autobiographical picture book. 7-9)<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n\n
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Pub Date:<\/b> Aug. 2, 2022<\/p>\n
ISBN:<\/b> 978-0-545-55465-7<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
Page Count:<\/b> 40<\/p>\n
Publisher:<\/b> Scholastic<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
Review Posted Online:<\/b> July 26, 2022<\/p>\n
Kirkus Reviews Issue:<\/b> Aug. 15, 2022<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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