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From a bestselling and award-winning husband and wife team comes an innovative, beautifully illustrated novel that delivers a front-row seat to the groundbreaking moments in history that led to African Americans earning the right to vote.
"Right here, I'm sharing the honest-to-goodness." -- Loretta
"I'm gon' reach back, and tell how it all went. I'm gon' speak on it. My way." -- Roly
"I got more nerve than a bad tooth. But there's nothing bad about being bold." -- Aggie B.
Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B., members of the Little family, each present the vivid story of their young lives, spanning three generations. Their separate stories -- beginning in a cotton field in 1927 and ending at the presidential election of 1968 -- come together to create one unforgettable journey.
Through an evocative mix of fictional first-person narratives, spoken-word poems, folk myths, gospel rhythms and blues influences, Loretta Little Looks Back weaves an immersive tapestry that illuminates the dignity of sharecroppers in the rural South. Inspired by storytelling's oral tradition, stirring vignettes are presented in a series of theatrical monologues that paint a gripping, multidimensional portrait of America's struggle for civil rights as seen through the eyes of the children who lived it. The novel's unique format invites us to walk in their shoes. Each encounters an unexpected mystical gift, passed down from one family member to the next, that ignites their experience what it means to reach for freedom.
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“Dashawn Barnes, Deborah Wilson, and Ralph Harris narrate this production with fire and spirit, inhabiting the characters like actors on a stage. Listeners will be swept away…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“A compelling testimony of resilience.”
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“Elements drawing on oral tradition and folklore set this book apart, making it an unforgettable reading experience. Perfect for every library.”
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“Pinkney’s writing sings, rich with metaphor, lyricism, and touches of magic realism.”
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“Illuminates a little-examined piece of US history while making it deeply personal…Readers will hear the history come alive.”
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“A gratifyingly unconventional format and a musical sequence of storytelling.
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*"..timely and important read.
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*"...an unforgettable reading experience. Perfect for every library.
— School Library Journal, starred review -
...a gratifyingly unconventional format and a musical sequence of storytelling that may illuminate some stark moments of our country's history.
— BCCB
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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An AudioFile Editors’ Pick to Celebrate African-American Heritage
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About Andrea Davis Pinkney
Andrea Davis Pinkney, the award-winning author of numerous books for children and young adults, has been recognized by the Coretta Scott King Author Award committee with an honor for Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters and a medal for Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America. She is a four-time nominee for the NAACP Image Award. In addition to her work as an author, she is a publishing executive. She has been named one of the “25 Most Influential Black Women in Business” by the Network Journal and is among Children’s Health magazine’s “25 Most Influential People in Our Children's Lives.”