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Imogene's Last Stand (2009)

by Candace Fleming(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0375836071 (ISBN13: 9780375836077)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Schwartz & Wade

review 1: Imogene is a young girl who wants to save the Historical Society in her town of Liddleville. The mayor wants to tear it down to put in a shoelace factory and Liddleville "on the map." Imogene tries to employ the strategies of the past to help the people of the town help her protest against the mayor. She rides around like Paul Revere and spouts out famous quotations throughout the book. It seems like her efforts may be lost until she discovers a letter stating that George Washington himself may have stayed in the old house; it might just be the thing that can put Liddleville on the map. In both the beginning and end of the book, the author adds historical tidbits for the reader. This is a great book to use for students studying the various historical time periods. S... moreome references in the book are to The Revolutionary War, the Vietnam War, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and others! The author, Candace Fleming, has a passion for history and has written other books such as, "The Lincolns" and "Our Eleanor." Fleming also won the Monarch Award for this book.
review 2: If you are teaching grade 5 students civil rights or civil disobedience, this book would be a good introduction although the narrator is really imitating what adults do when demonstrating against a policy they disagree with. Nancy Carpenter's pen-and-ink sketches create an energetic Imogene that goes well with the text. At first I thought Carpenter used watercolor but I think her color is done digitally. She's a graphic artist. Does anyone know? I think the text of Sparrow Girl by Sara Pennypacker is a more powerful story and shows the kids making a difference by not really breaking the law but working around it. less

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