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Boyce, Jo Ann Allen , Levy, Debbie

This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality

310 pp. | Bloomsbury | January, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-68119-852-1 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-68119-853-8
(2) 4-6 In 1956 Clinton, Tennessee, twelve African American students integrated the all-white high school. Boyce, one of the "Clinton 12," relates (with coauthor Levy) her first-person account in free-verse passages that often include rhyme and employ various poetic forms. Newspaper headlines and clips, excerpts from the Constitution, and more appear throughout this fine addition to books about the integration of public schools during the civil rights era. Reading list, timeline. Bib.
Reviewer: Jonda C. McNair | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2019

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