Abby takes a stand : Scraps of time by McKissack, Pat

Title: Abby takes a stand : Scraps of time

Author: McKissack, Pat

Illustration: Gordon C. James.

Publisher: Viking

Comments

CIP info Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation. This book is a great trip into time I don’t know a lot about. The author has started a new series where Gee takes her grandchildren through the attic of memories from their ancestors. The first thing the kids come across is a menu from the first time their grandmother ate in the Monkey Bar. She tells them the story of how she helped organize the sit-ins. Her brother participated in the sit-ins. They were to be peaceful, but some people didn’t like what these people were trying to do. The book shows that not everyone thought the sit-ins were a good idea. Even her aunt thought it was a bad idea. Eventually things got changed, but it wasn’t easy. This book shows how hard it was without getting caught up in politics of it all. It starts off with a mother wanting her daughter to be able to go on rides if she wanted to. She just wanted things to be equal for her daughter. The author even included the rules for a sit-in. I look forward to reading other books in this series.