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Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges, Margo Lundell
Reading level: Ages 6 and older
In November 1960, a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal marshalls, walked through a mob of screaming segregationalists and into her school. Ruby Bridges tells of each dramatic step of this event in history.
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It seems that never has so much hatred been directed at such a perfect symbol of innocence, this makes it all the more remarkable that her memoir, simple in language and rich in history is informed mainly by a sort of bewildered compassion. Throughout, readers will find quotes from newspapers of the time, family members, and teachers. A personal, deeply moving historical documentary about a staggeringly courageous little girl at the center of events that already seem unbelievable.
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