Claudette Colvin : I want freedom now!
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Author
Colvin, Claudette, 1939-
Contributors
Hoose, Phillip M., 1947- author.
Jackson, Bea, 1986- illustrator.
Published
New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, [2024]
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Picture Books for Black History Month
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LC Subjects
African American civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American teenage girls -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Colvin, Claudette, 1939- -- Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956 -- Juvenile literature.
Picture books.
Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Other Subjects
African American civil rights workers.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Colvin, Claudette, 1939-
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956.
Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History.
Teenage girls.

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Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
ISBN
037438973X, 9780374389734

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"Montgomery, Alabama 1955. Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is tired. Tired of white people thinking they're better than her. Tired of going to separate schools and separate bathrooms. Most of all, she's tired of having to give up her seat on the bus whenever a white person tells her to. She wants freedom NOW! But what can one teenager do? On a bus ride home from school one day, young Claudette takes a stand for justice and refuses to get up from her seat--nine months before Rosa Parks will become famous for doing the same. What follows will not only transform Claudette's life but the course of history itself." -- Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Colvin, C., Hoose, P. M., & Jackson, B. (2024). Claudette Colvin: I want freedom now! (First edition). Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Colvin, Claudette, 1939-, Phillip M. Hoose and Bea Jackson. 2024. Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Colvin, Claudette, 1939-, Phillip M. Hoose and Bea Jackson. Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2024.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Colvin, C., Hoose, P. M. and Jackson, B. (2024). Claudette colvin: i want freedom now! First edn New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Colvin, Claudette, Phillip M. Hoose, and Bea Jackson. Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! First edition, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2024.

Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.

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