Goin’ Someplace Special

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Through moving prose and beautiful watercolors, a Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Medal winning author-illustrator duo collaborate to tell the poignant tale of a spirited young girl who comes face to face with segregation in her southern town.There a place in this 1950s southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color…and Tricia Ann knows exactly how to get there. To her, it someplace special and she bursting to go by herself. But when she catches the bus heading downtown, unlike the white passengers, she must sit in the back behind the Jim Crow sign and wonder why life so unfair. Still, for each hurtful sign seen and painful comment heard, there a friend around the corner reminding Tricia Ann that she not alone. And her grandmother words You are somebody, a human being no better, no worse than anybody else in this world echo in her head, lifting her spirits and pushing her forward.

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