At a glance
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Subgenre
- Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781681198521
- Section
- Middle Grade
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
In 1956, fourteen-year-old Jo Ann Allen is one of twelve Black students who integrate Clinton High School in Tennessee, and she becomes a spokesperson as the town turns against them.
- Boston Globe–Horn Book Award 2019
- ALSC Notable Children's Book 2020
Themes
Mood
Feels inspiring, informative, challenging.
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