Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations - Other reminding us where our nation

reminding us where our nation has been

Jax finds himself caught up in a secret plan involving the Guardian of Palmara’s mysterious twin brother

will see her prospects and her reputation soar

or the air you breathe end up

Amari has never felt more alone

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations - Other reminding us where our nationIt was February 1, 1960. They didn't need menus. Their order was simple. A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side. This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement. Andrea Davis Pinkney uses poetic, powerful prose to tell the story