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I was able to hear Ruby Bridges speak at my university this year and it was absolutely amazing. She has touched so many lives and been through so much. She's an inspiration to everyone and I can't wait to use this book in my classroom.

brinysea's review

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4.0

Wonderful first person account of Ruby’s first grade year. The audiobook was a little choppy with a ton of musical interludes.

cstoeger's review

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I liked this one so much better than The Story of Ruby Bridges. I loved the photographs; they made the subject come more alive than illustrations.

pagesofpins's review

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5.0

I thought I knew the basics of this story, but I had no idea only one teacher was willing to interact with Ruby for a year, that only a handful of other white students attended school for a year (did the other 500+ go elsewhere? Repeat grades?), that her father lost his job. The teacher who bonded with her and the psychologist who insisted on checking the mental health of all black and white integrated students are the kind of adults kids deserve. And her mother: how she summoned up the courage to bring her tiny girl through that crowd, I do not know.

probableereading's review

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emotional informative

5.0

hldillon's review

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5.0

Story of Ruby Bridges - told from her own perspective. Using simple words Ruby Bridges brings to life the emotion of what was felt on the fateful day in November when she walked with US Marshalls into an all white school for the very first time and the repercussions of it.

mariahroze's review

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4.0

I read this book to my students to give them a more in depth look into segregation than just a picture book.

In November 1960, Ruby Bridges, a six-year-old black girl, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists, surrounded by federal marshal, into her school. This book is her story! Her struggle and the amazing bravery that not only she had but her family.

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