Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

I found this book as part of a project I did for a class last semester. I went to Barnes and Noble looking for a different book (Freedom Summer, written by Deborah Wiles, which is excellent and I highly recommend it) but when it wasn't available in the store, I had to improvise and found this one instead. Sit-In describes the large-scale boycott of certain lunch counters during the Civil Rights Movement. One of my favorite things about this book, even though it's pretty trivial, is the unique style of illustrations. Another extremely valuable aspect of this book is the two-page factual timeline of events in the Civil Rights Movement, which is a great supplement to the historical fiction feel of the story itself.

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I am currently a graduate student at James Madison University, completing my Masters in Teaching. This time next year, I will be a certified teacher of both Middle School Social Studies and Language Arts. The purpose of this blog is to explore and find literature that I can use in my classroom someday. As I find and read this literature, I'll provide short reviews and my thoughts on the books as they prove to be either helpful or not helpful for me.

Specifically, I'm going to be looking for Young Adult fiction, related to all concentrations. I don't feel as though I really have a firm grasp of the Young Adult realm of literature, so I want this to be a way for me to really dig deep into it and find helpful resources I can pull from in the future. I would love any suggestions that people may have! Share!