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Stone, Tanya Lee

Courage Has No Color, the True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers

148 pp. | Candlewick | January, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-5117-6 $24.99
(2) YA The World War II–era 555th Parachute Infantry Company, nicknamed the Triple Nickles, didn't actually fight anywhere, as white soldiers didn't want to fight alongside black soldiers. The book's focus is wide: there are sections on segregation and stereotypes, Japanese American internment camps, Japanese balloon bombs, the Battle of the Bulge, and Operation Firefly, brought to life with archival photographs and Stone's always clear prose. Timeline. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2013

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