An Irma Black Award Silver Medalist
A Maine Chickadee Award Nominee
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A NCBLA Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts
A Kansas NEA Reading Circle List Selection
A Junior Library Guild Selection
★ “Vibrant illustrations from Jackson depict characters past and present with precision, from Colvin’s act (which occurred nine months before Rosa Parks’s protest) to the Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional. It’s a telling both personal and historical that reflects the urgency and determination of the civil rights movement via the perspective of one figure working urgently toward equality and justice.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
★ “The book benefits from Hoose’s thorough knowledge of the era, his sure sense of which story elements will matter most to young people, and Colvin’s personal but broadly pertinent memories of growing up Black in the segregated South and taking a stand against injustice. Illustrated with expressive figure drawings and deep, rich colors, this picture book brings Colvin’s experiences to life for a new generation of children.” —Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
“A Civil Rights activist who sat on a bus before Rosa Parks did and paid the price tells her story . . . As well as honoring her as one of the earliest and last-surviving Civil Rights pioneers, the book might well inspire readers to take up Hoose’s closing suggestion to ask, ‘Is there a little Claudette in me?’ Courageous acts, long undersung but well worth remembering.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Inspiring and exceptional.” —Midwest Book Review
