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322 pp.
| Atheneum/Seo |
November, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-689-86554-1$18.99
(2)
YA
With ambition and imagination, Aronson has written a history of racism and its antecedents, interspersed with personal vignettes tailored to a young audience. Anti-Semitism and discrimination against blacks are focal, but they're folded into a narrative that discusses various forms of prejudice. Clearly in evidence are the complexity of race and the tenacity of racism. Pictures increase the text's impact. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Barbara Bader
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2007