In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal marshals, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. An icon of the civil rights movement, Ruby Bridges chronicles each dramatic step of this pivotal event in history through her own words.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Older Children category by the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. It was recognised by the Orbis Pictus Award. It also was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award. It was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Nappa Gold Award. Also it was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Booksellers' Choice Award. It was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Young Hoosier Book Award. It was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Children's Books of Distinction Award. It was recognised by the Bluebonnet Award. It was recognised by the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award. It was recognised in the YA category by the Jefferson Cup.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1900 by Scholastic US .

Ruby Bridges became a pioneer in school integration at the age of six, when she was chosen to spend her first-grade year in what had formerly been an all-white elementary school. Ruby Bridges now works as a lecturer, telling her story to adults and children alike. She lives with her husband and sons in New Orleans, Louisiana.