Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
No. of pages 150
This book has been graded for interest at 13-17 years.
There are 150 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Farrar Straus Giroux .
Phillip Hoose is the author of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, a National Book Award winner, a Newbery Honor Book, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book, a YALSA Finalist for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. His other books include Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95, also a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; and We Were There, Too!, a National Book Award finalist. Mr. Hoose lives in Portland, Maine.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books For Children and Teens
This book was recognised in the Ages 10-14 Years category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens.
Cybils Award
This book was recognised in the Nonfiction - Middle Grade category by the Cybils Award. The Cybils Awards is a group of readers passionate about seeking out and recognizing books that represent diversity, inclusion, and appropriate representation for children and teens. To accomplish that goal, the Cybils Awards works to recognize books written for children and young adults that combine both the highest literary merit and popular appeal.
Robert F Sibert Informational Book Award
This book was recognised by the Robert F Sibert Informational Book Award.
Newbery Award
This book was recognised by the Newbery Award. The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Young Hoosier Book Award
This book was recognised in the Middle Grade category by the Young Hoosier Book Award.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award.
Volunteer State Book Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Volunteer State Book Award.
National Book Award
This book was recognised by the National Book Award.
Jane Addams Children's Book Award
This book was recognised in the Older Children category by the Jane Addams Children's Book Award.
Sequoyah Book Award
This book was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Sequoyah Book Award.