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    With the Might of Angels (Dear America)
    With the Might of Angels (Dear America)
    With the Might of Angels (Dear America)
    Audiobook6 hours

    With the Might of Angels (Dear America)

    Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney

    Narrated by Channie Waites

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    FORMAT: Unabridged

    In the fall of 1955, twelve-year-old Dawn Rae Johnson's life turns upside down. After the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, Dawnie learns she will be attending a previously all-white school. She's the only one of her friends to go to this new school and to leave the comfort of all that is familiar to face great uncertainty in the school year ahead.

    However, not everyone supports integration and much of the town is outraged at the decision. Dawnie must endure the harsh realities of racism firsthand, while continuing to work hard to get a good education and prove she deserves the opportunity. But the backlash against Dawnie's attendance of an all-white school is more than she's prepared for. W
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateSep 1, 2011
    ISBN9780545437059
    With the Might of Angels (Dear America)
    Author

    Andrea Davis Pinkney

    Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times best-selling author of several books for young readers, including the novel Bird in a Box, a Today Show Al Roker Book Club for Kids pick, and Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award. Additional works include the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor book Duke Ellington, illustrated by her husband, Brian Pinkney; and Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters, a Coretta Scott King Honor book and winner of the Carter G. Woodson Award. Andrea Davis Pinkney lives in New York City.

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      Twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson's life turns upside down after the Supreme Court rules in favor of desegregation in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education.

      As she starts school, Dawnie encounters the harsh realities of racism

      Will Dawnie be able to hold on to the true meaning of justice and remain faithful to her own sense of integrity

      Thank you Goodreads and Scholastic for a chance to read With the Might of Angels by Andrea Davis Pinkney!

      This book was a trip back in time. Not too far but far enough Dawnie Rae Johnson was a brave young girl. This story was well written. And it's sad to say it touches on a subject that is still something our country still struggles with today. This book shows us clearly the heartbreak and the betrayal's that Dawnie had to face. This would be a good book for schools to share with their students. It touched enough of the ugliness that the kids would be able to understand what happened back then. Nice lovely read. Happy reading everyone!!