I Am Rosa Parks
by Meltzer, Brad
Series:Ordinary People Change the World
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AR Book Level
3.1
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
1,575
Interest Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
169139 EN
About this book
I Am Rosa Parks is a picture book biography that tells the story of Rosa Parks, a Civil Rights leader who refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. The book presents her childhood and her famous act of defiance as a child narrator, describing how her peaceful protest helped spark the Civil Rights Movement. It addresses the issues of segregation, racism, and bullying that Parks confronted during her lifetime.