Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni



Author: Nikki Giovanni

Title: Rosa

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, Inc.

Date: 2006

Reading Level: 4-7

Number of Pages: 40

Genre: Non- Fiction- History

Summary of plot: This book was the shorten down version of how she refused to give up her seat to a white person on the bus and how she was inspried by Dr. Martian Luther King Jr.

Readers Reaction: I went on a kick after reading the story of Ruby Bridges and I read books about amazing African American Heros. This book told the story of another amazing Hero.

Potential Problems: The Emmet Till lynching is mentioned.

Recommendation: Read around Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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