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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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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
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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