Look who has endorsed my book (click to see enlarged):
The New York Times calls We’ve Got a Job ”extensively researched…[a] riveting, significant work of nonfiction.”
Kirkus’s starred review says, “Levinson builds her dramatic account around the experiences of four young arrestees… A moving account of young people rising at a pivotal historical moment…”
Publishers Weekly’s starred review says, “the most compelling component is Levinson’s dramatic re-creation of the courageous children’s crusade and the change it helped bring about in the face of widespread prejudice and brutality.”
Booklist’s starred review adds, “Even with the many fine books out there about the role of young people in the Civil Rights era, this highly readable photo-essay will hold YA readers with its focus on four young people who participated in the Birmingham Children’s March.”
One School Library Journal blog says, ”We’ve Got A Job... is amazing…moves to the top of my nonfiction list purchases for any middle or high school collection. This title…may be the most important historical account of the Civil Rights movement.”
Another School Library Journal blog cited We’ve Got a Job as a “promising candidate” for the 2013 Newbery Medal!
The Southern Poverty Law Center says the book is “done extraordinarily well” with “a depth of knowledge not often encountered in young people’s books.”
Donna Bowman Bratton says, “It’s a must-read.”
Boys and Literacy gave “the highest honor and recommendation, very rare on my blog, to this book, highly recommended with star, and hope that every child and teen will read it… [A]dults will be deeply touched as well.”
According to the major book distributors Baker & Taylor, We’ve Got A Job is “the cat’s meow!”
READ THE REVIEWS of We’ve Got A Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March.
SO, WHAT IS THIS BOOK ABOUT?
Between May 2 and May 7, 1963, 3,000-4,000 children–yes, children–marched to protest segregation and to get arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama. Many of them were charged by snarling police dogs and washed down the street by powerful fire hoses. Nevertheless, day after day, more of them–including Audrey Faye Hendricks (age 9), Washington Booker (14), James Stewart (15), and Arnetta Streeter (16)–marched and went to jail. Why?
STUDENTS: Start looking for answers here. You can MEET THE MARCHERS who tell their stories in We’ve Got a Job. Then, MEET THE HEADLINES that told the stories in the newspapers while it was happening. You can also MEET ME talking about the book and my research.
TEACHERS: A CURRICULUM GUIDE, LESSON PLANS, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, and more are available for upper-elementary, middle-school, and high-school classrooms.
You can order We’ve Got a Job through Barnes and Noble, an independent bookseller, or Amazon.