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jessferg's review
3.0
My Amazon review: Following a graphic novel format, Little Rock Nine personalizes the story of the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in September 1957. The story is very basic and covers only about two weeks time in the struggle but gives a good summation of the political climate and the emotions involved.
Although mainly seen from the point of view of white participants, the book gives an interesting point of view from the black perspective - one of the integrators fathers does not want his son to integrate and is against the idea - but mostly out of fear.
The illustrations are in black and white and are pretty basic focusing mostly on body language and facial expressions of the characters to give an authentic feel for what a struggle this monumental event was.
I would be interested to see more of the TurningPoints series - if they are all as good as this one they would be wonderful classroom tools for readers who have difficulty with "standard" format books. Although the account here is fictionalized a bit, the student would get the basic idea in a very memorable format. This is the type of book that sparks a young reader's interest and launches him or her into additional reading and/or research.
A bit of color to the illustrations would pep things up a bit but overall the book is attractive and I could easily see this being picked up by any 8-12 year old looking for something to read.
Although mainly seen from the point of view of white participants, the book gives an interesting point of view from the black perspective - one of the integrators fathers does not want his son to integrate and is against the idea - but mostly out of fear.
The illustrations are in black and white and are pretty basic focusing mostly on body language and facial expressions of the characters to give an authentic feel for what a struggle this monumental event was.
I would be interested to see more of the TurningPoints series - if they are all as good as this one they would be wonderful classroom tools for readers who have difficulty with "standard" format books. Although the account here is fictionalized a bit, the student would get the basic idea in a very memorable format. This is the type of book that sparks a young reader's interest and launches him or her into additional reading and/or research.
A bit of color to the illustrations would pep things up a bit but overall the book is attractive and I could easily see this being picked up by any 8-12 year old looking for something to read.
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