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▾Tags ▾LibraryThing Recommendations ▾Lists None ▾Will you like it? Loading... Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. ▾Member reviews date ▼ | votes Showing 1-5 of 6 (next | show all) Independent reading Level: Grades 1st-4th hailey.storey | Dec 7, 2023 | Individual Reading Level: Grades 1-2 sopthomas | Dec 7, 2023 | prek- 4th grade swopester | Dec 4, 2023 | n the Author's Note, Ruby described that she wanted to tell a different version of her story for people, beyond the famous black and white pictures that we have all seen of her entering school under armed guard. She begins the book playing off the meaning of the word "bridge", which is also her last name, saying that she hopefully "bridged" the gap between white and black people with her story. The rest of the story tells the events leading up to and after that day that we've all seen documented in black and white. At first, she only knew that she was going to take a test to get into a new school. People kept telling her she was "the first" and she did not really understand what they meant by that. Then once she got into the school, she finally realized that she was part of something huge once federal marshalls showed up to escort her to school. Look at this illustration, the perspective of it really portrays how overwhelmed she felt with the situation and tells it from her perspective. They, along with the words, satisfy her goal of telling the story from her perspective. Once she arrived at school, she realized then that she was "the first" black student at the school. And only one. She was the only one in her class and part of the school So at least at first, even though she attended the school, she was still segregated from the rest of the students. By the end of the book, she realizes her situation and cannot wait for more students like her, or any students, to join her class. ( LisaSmithMorse | Jul 21, 2023 | Intended for PreK-3 readers. In Ruby Bridges' own words, she describes what it was like to be "the first" as a six-year-old child being sent to an all-white school in New Orleans in 1960. She tells how she didn't realize right away what that meant until she saw that she was "the first" (and only) Black student in the school. I cannot imagine a braver little girl. MSW6174 | Aug 12, 2022 | date ▼ | votes Showing 1-5 of 6 (next | show all) ▾Series and work relationships ▾Awards and Honors Notable ListsCalifornia Department of Education Recommended Literature List (3-5 – 2023) Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List (Grades K-2 – 2023) view history ▾Common Knowledge ▾References References to this work on external resources.
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