Can this book receive anymore awards? ;) But, whoa, it was worth it. Yes, I, Sarah Hill, actually sat down and read (not listened to) a nonfiction book. Yay! This is the story of Claudette Colvin, the teenage girl who refused to move from her seat on a Montgomery bus nine months before Rosa Parks became famous for doing so. Claudette's story is fascinating--she wasn't chosen as the spokesperson for the civil rights movement. Why? Because she got pregnant three months after the bus incident and, therefore, wasn't respectable enough. I'm really not sure why her story is so fascinating--maybe because she got pregnant? She was a strong proponent of civil rights growing up--she refused to straighten her hair and she took pride in the darkness of her skin. Phillip Hoose is such a darn good writer--her story was a great one, and he made it even better.
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