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1968

Today’s Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change

Marc Aronson Susan Campbell Bartoletti Jennifer Anthony Marc Aronson

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English
Candlewick Press,U.S.
01 December 2019
“The book’s strength lies in the way different voices and different angles come together into an integrated whole. Fascinating and accomplished.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Welcome to 1968 — a revolution in a book. Essays, memoirs, and more by fourteen award-winning authors offer unique perspectives on one of the world’s most tumultuous years. As thousands of Vietnamese and Americans were killed in war, students across four continents took over colleges and city streets. Assassins murdered Dr. King and Robert F. Kennedy. Generations battled, and the world wobbled on the edge of a vast change that was exhilarating one day and terrifying the next. As we face our own moments of crisis and division, 1968 reminds us that we’ve clashed before and found a way forward — and that looking back can help map a way ahead.

With contributions by: Jennifer Anthony Marc Aronson Susan Campbell Bartoletti Loree Griffin Burns Paul Fleischman Omar Figueras Laban Carrick Hill Mark Kurlansky Lenore Look David Lubar Kate MacMillan Kekla Magoon Jim Murphy Elizabeth Partridge
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Edited by:   ,
Imprint:   Candlewick Press,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   227g
ISBN:   9781536208870
ISBN 10:   1536208876
Pages:   208
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Marc Aronson is the author and editor of many titles for young people, including War Is: Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk about War, co-edited by Patty Campbell, and Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies. Marc Aronson lives in New Jersey. Susan Campbell Bartoletti is the author of many nonfiction books for young people, including Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, a Newbery Honor Book. She lives in Pennsylvania.

Reviews for 1968: Today’s Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change

Fourteen authors, including Omar Figueras, Lenore Look, and editors Aronson and Bartoletti, write about the tumultuous events of 1968...The book's strength lies in the way different voices and different angles come together into an integrated whole. Fascinating and accomplished. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Authors explore the tumultuous global events of 1968 in this anthology...the differences in their backgrounds make for a vivid, dynamic account of the complicated, intersecting politics behind brief accounts in history books. With an approach promoting critical thinking, this collection will likely help illuminate a deeply important year in world history and encourage fresh thinking about our current contentious moment. -Booklist The book begins with the essays, but points back to scholarship, or into the world itself, in a delightful way. This wide-ranging anthology is useful as both a print symposium on the topic of 1968 and as a source book for further study. -School Library Journal Fourteen essays, interspersed with Elizabeth Partridge's Nightly News commentaries, examine events above and below the fold of a most newsworthy year, 1968...it's the less frequently told stories that set this volume apart. Susan Bartoletti's lively, resonant take on the protest theatrics of Abbie Hoffman along with David Lubar's thoughtful overview of the state of stand-up comedy offer perspective on the place of humor, satire, and the absurd in the media. -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books


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