Through My Eyes

In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal marshals,...
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Author: Ruby Bridges
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Through My Eyes by Bridges, Ruby

Through My Eyes

$17.99

Through My Eyes

$17.99
Author: Ruby Bridges
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal marshals, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. An icon of the civil rights movement, Ruby Bridges chronicles each dramatic step of this pivotal event in history through her own words.

Author: Ruby Bridges
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 09/01/1999
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 10.82h x 9.40w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9780590189231
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 36565 / Through My Eyes


Award: Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee
Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Winner
Award: Golden Sower Award - Nominee
Award: Children's Books of Distinction Awards - Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Jefferson Cup - Honor Book
Award: Sasquatch Award - Nominee
Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/18/1999 pg. 84
New York Times 11/21/1999 pg. 60
Booklist 11/15/1999 pg. 622
School Library Journal 12/01/1999 pg. 146
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2000 pg. 69
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2000 pg. 821
New York Times 12/05/1999 pg. 100
ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/2000 pg. 1359
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 105 - Superior,Well Above Average
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 956
Publishers Weekly 01/01/2001 pg. 58
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 105 - Superior,Well Above Average
Library Journal 12/01/1999

About the Author

Ruby Bridges is a civil rights icon, activist, author, and speaker who, at the age of six, was the first Black student to integrate William Frantz Elementary, an all-white elementary school in Louisiana. Bridges is the recipient of numerous awards, including the NAACP Martin Luther King Award and the Presidential Citizens Medal, and she has received honorary doctorate degrees from Connecticut College; College of New Rochelle; Teachers College, Columbia University; and Tulane University. In 2024, Bridges was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Bridges is also the author of I Am Ruby Bridges; Through My Eyes; This Is Your Time; and Dear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts. Ruby lives in Louisiana with her family. Learn more at rubybridges.com.


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