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Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers
Contributor(s): Stone, Tanya Lee (Author)

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ISBN: 0763651176     ISBN-13: 9780763651176
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2013
* Out of Print *

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism
Dewey: 940.541
LCCN: 2012942315
Age Level: 10-UP
Grade Level: 5-UP
Lexile Measure: 1090(Not Available)
Series: Junior Library Guild Selection
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 9.4" W x 10.1" L (1.90 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Topical - Black History
- Holiday - M.L. King Day
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Awards: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2016
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2015
Keystone to Reading Book Award, Nominee, Middle School, 2015
Tayshas Reading, Commended, Young Adult, 2014
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Ten to Fourteen, 2014
Grand Canyon Reader Award, Recommended, Tween Nonfiction, 2015
Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee, High School, 2014
Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee, Middle School, 2014
William Allen White Childens Book Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2016
Orbis Pictus Award, Honor Book, Children's Nonfiction, 2014
Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up), Recommended, Nonfiction, 2013
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2012
Publishers Weekly 11/12/2012
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2013 pg. 265
Shelf Awareness 01/04/2013
School Library Journal 01/01/2013 pg. 134
Booklist 02/01/2013 pg. 58
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2013 pg. 109
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2013 - Recommended - Better Than Most
PW Best Children's Books 11/11/2013 pg. 30
Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books 11/15/2013 pg. 83
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2014 pg. 13
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 156351
Reading Level: 8.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
They became America's first black paratroopers. Why was their story never told? Sibert Medalist Tanya Lee Stone reveals the history of the Triple Nickles during World War II.

World War II is raging, and thousands of American soldiers are fighting overseas against the injustices brought on by Hitler. Back on the home front, the injustice of discrimination against African Americans plays out as much on Main Street as in the military. Enlisted black men are segregated from white soldiers and regularly relegated to service duties. At Fort Benning, Georgia, First Sergeant Walter Morris's men serve as guards at The Parachute School, while the white soldiers prepare to be paratroopers. Morris knows that for his men to be treated like soldiers, they have to train and act like them, but would the military elite and politicians recognize the potential of these men as well as their passion for serving their country? Tanya Lee Stone examines the role of African Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought in a little-known attack on the American West by the Japanese. The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, in the words of Morris, "proved that the color of a man had nothing to do with his ability."

From Courage Has No Color
What did it take to be a paratrooper in World War II? Specialized training, extreme physical fitness, courage, and -- until the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (the Triple Nickles) was formed -- white skin. It is 1943. Americans are overseas fighting World War II to help keep the world safe from Adolf Hitler's tyranny, safe from injustice, safe from discrimination. Yet right here at home, people with white skin have rights that people with black skin do not. What is courage? What is strength? Perhaps it is being ready to fight for your nation even when your nation isn't ready to fight for you. Front matter includes a foreword by Ashley Bryan. Back matter includes an author's note, an appendix, a time line, source notes, a bibliography, and an index.

 
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