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Goin' someplace special / Patricia C. McKissack, Jerry Pinkney.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [NY : Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: 40 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 0689818858 (hardcover)
  • 9780689818851 (hardcover)
LOC classification:
  • PZ 7 .M26 2000
Online resources: Summary: There's a place in this 1950s southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color...and 'Tricia Ann knows exactly how to get there. To her, it's someplace special and she's bursting to go by herself. When her grandmother sees that she's ready to take such a big step, 'Tricia Ann hurries to catch the bus heading downtown. But unlike the white passengers, she must sit in the back behind the Jim Crow sign and wonder why life's so unfair. Still, for each hurtful sign seen and painful comment heard, there's a friend around the corner reminding 'Tricia Ann that she's not alone. And even her grandmother's words -- "You are somedbody, a human being -- no better, no worse than anybody else in this world" -- echo in her head, lifting her spirits and pushing her forward. Patricia C. McKissack's poignant story of growing up in the segregated South and Jerry Pinkney's rich, detailed watercolors lead readers to the doorway of freedom.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books The MUA Library South C campus - Children's Collection PZ 7 .M26 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available C2011-0026
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PZ 7 .L68 1996 Valentine box / PZ 7 .L86 1997 We sing the city / PZ7 .L87 1992 Ghostwriter detective guide : PZ 7 .M26 2000 Goin' someplace special / PZ 7 .M33 1976 Arandanos para sal/ blueberries for sal / PZ 7 .M33 1993 Silent observer / PZ7 .M33 1994 Skylark /

There's a place in this 1950s southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color...and 'Tricia Ann knows exactly how to get there. To her, it's someplace special and she's bursting to go by herself. When her grandmother sees that she's ready to take such a big step, 'Tricia Ann hurries to catch the bus heading downtown. But unlike the white passengers, she must sit in the back behind the Jim Crow sign and wonder why life's so unfair. Still, for each hurtful sign seen and painful comment heard, there's a friend around the corner reminding 'Tricia Ann that she's not alone. And even her grandmother's words -- "You are somedbody, a human being -- no better, no worse than anybody else in this world" -- echo in her head, lifting her spirits and pushing her forward. Patricia C. McKissack's poignant story of growing up in the segregated South and Jerry Pinkney's rich, detailed watercolors lead readers to the doorway of freedom.

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