Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!

Civil rights icon Claudette Colvin teams up with Phillip Hooseauthor of the Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning blockbuster biography Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justiceto tell her groundbreaking story in this unforgettable picture book illustrated by New York Timesbestselling artist Bea Jackson.

Montgomery, Alabama 1955. Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is tired. Tired of white people thinking theyre better than her. Tired of going to separate schools and separate bathrooms. Most of all, shes tired of having to give up her seat on the bus whenever a white person tells her to. She wants freedom NOW! But what can one teenager do?

On a bus ride home from school one day, young Claudette takes a stand for justice and refuses to get up from her seatnine months before Rosa Parks will become famous for doing the same. What follows will not only transform Claudettes life but the course of history itself.

In the words of Claudette Colvin herself, as told to acclaimed nonfiction writer Phillip Hoose, this empowering, heroic story illustrates how one simple act of courage can create real and lasting change.