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Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-

Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice / by Phillip Hoose. - 1st ed. - New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, 2009. - 133 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-121) and index.

School Library Journal starred, February 2009 Booklist starred, February 2009 Horn Book Starred, March 2009 Book Links-starred, March 2009 Pub Weekly, February 2009 Horn Book, October 2009 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2009 Library Media Connection, August 2009

Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.

7.0 Young Adult Follett Library Resources

ISBN: 0374313229

LCCN: 2008005435

Subjects--Personal Names:
Colvin, Claudette, 1939-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Civil rights workers--Biography.
Teenagers--Biography.
Girls--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans--Segregation--History.
Segregation in transportation.

LC Class. No.: F334.M753 / C6554 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 323/.092 B