Riding to Washington (Tales of Young Americans)

Synopsis

Janie is not exactly sure why her daddy is riding a bus from Indianapolis to Washington, D.C. She knows why she has to go-to stay out of her mother's way, especially with the twins now teething. But Daddy wants to hear a man named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak and, to keep out of trouble, Janie is sent along. Riding the bus with them is a mishmash of people, black and white, young and old. They seem very different from Janie.

As the bus travels across cities and farm fields to its historic destination, Janie sees firsthand the injustices that many others are made to endure. She begins to realize that she's not so different from the other riders and that, as young as she is, her actions can affect change.Though fiction, Riding to Washington is a very personal story for Gwenyth Swain as both her father and grandfather rode to Washington, D.C., to participate in the 1963 civil rights march on the nation's capital.

Copyright:

2008

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

ISBN-13:

9781585363247

Publisher:

Sleeping Bear Press

Date of Addition:

11/19/18

Copyrighted By:

Sleeping Bear Press

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

Yes

Categories:

Children's Books, Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government

Grade Levels:

Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade

Submitted By:

Stephanie Holding

Proofread By:

N/A

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.