Description Twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson\'s life turns upside down after the Supreme Court rules in favor of desegregation in the landmark case Brown v.
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Between them, they have published more than 70 children\'s books that have received the highest awards and accolades, including Caldecott Honors, Coretta Scott King Honors, NAACP Image Award nominations, and the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award, to name a few.
Will Dawnie be able to hold on to the true meaning of justice and remain faithful to her own sense of integrity? About the Author Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney have made an outstanding contribution to the field of children\'s literature both as individuals and as a team.
But the backlash against her arrival at Prettyman Coburn is more than she\'s prepared for, and she begins to wonder if the hardship is worth it.
As she starts school, Dawnie encounters the harsh realities of racism.
Not everyone in Dawnie\'s town of Hadley, Virginia, supports integration, though, and much of the community is outraged by the decision.
Her parents decide that Dawnie will attend Prettyman Coburn, a previously all-white school -- but she\'ll be the only one of her friends to enroll in this new school.
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Description Twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson\'s life turns upside down after the Supreme Court rules in favor of desegregation in the landmark case Brown v
