Women Who Broke the Rules: Coretta Scott King - Softcover

Krull, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802738273 ISBN 13: 9780802738271

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2015

Synopsis

"Well-behaved women seldom make history." --Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Women Who Broke the Rules celebrates the bold and brave women who have forged their own paths--breaking rules along the way--to help shape our country's past, present, and future. Acclaimed author Kathleen Krull blends history and humor in this accessible young biography series.

Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist and the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. But she established a distinguished career in activism in her own right, taking part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and working to pass the Civil Rights Act. After King's death, she founded the Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia, and remained dedicated to fighting for civil rights.

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About the Author

KATHLEEN KRULL is an acclaimed biographer for young readers. Her books have received rave reviews and won numerous awards, including the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Award. She is also the author of Louisa May's Battle, Pocahontas, A Woman for President, and many more books. Kathleen lives in San Diego, California, with her husband.

www.kathleenkrull.com

LAURA FREEMAN is from New York City but now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and their two children. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts.

www.freemanhines.wix.com/laura

From School Library Journal

Gr 2–5—Krull continues her series of trailblazing women. Presenting a fresh view and focusing on these individuals' determination and resulting achievements, the author adroitly tells their stories from birth to death. In Coretta Scott King, she emphasizes the woman's lifelong quest for equality and is candid, letting readers know that the civil rights leader and her husband disagreed on women's rights. The more difficult aspects of King's life, including a bombing at her home and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., are deftly presented. More informative than Ntozake Shange's Coretta Scott (HarperCollins, 2011) and more fluid than Melody S. Mis's Meet Coretta Scott King (Powerkids Pr., 2008), this book is an excellent introduction to the activist. In Mary Todd Lincoln, Lincoln is portrayed as a clever woman who used her intelligence to promote herself and her husband. Neither opposition from her family regarding her marriage nor the contempt she suffered from Abraham Lincoln's cabinet daunted her, as Krull makes clear. Despite the upbeat, positive tone, the author does not shy from the less pleasant aspects of Lincoln's life, including her arguments with her husband while she was redecorating the White House and her enforced confinement in a mental institution by Robert Todd Lincoln (from which she neatly managed her own release). Even if there were more titles about Mary Todd Lincoln for this grade range, this volume would still rank highly. Appropriate illustrations complement both texts. VERDICT Strong additions to biography collections.—Margaret Nunes, Gwinnett County Public Library, GA

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0802738273
• ISBN 13: 9780802738271
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Freeman Laura