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November 15, 2019

“Smart, thought-provoking, and unique… readers won’t want to put this eye-opening, explosive story down.”

–School Library Journal

And We Rise

By Erica Martin
Viking Books for Young Readers
160 pages
$17.99

“In stunning verse and vivid use of white space, Erica Martin’s debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement—from the well-documented events that shaped the nation’s treatment of Black people, beginning with the “Separate but Equal” ruling—and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation’s centuries-long fight for justice and equality.”

~ from the publisher

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