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Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School : Based on a True Story by Traci Huahn (2024, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Children's Books

ISBN-100593644026

ISBN-139780593644027

eBay Product ID (ePID)3062947599

Product Key Features

Book TitleMamie Tape Fights to Go to School : Based on a True Story

Number of Pages40 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSchool & Education, General, Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, People & Places / United States / Asian American

Publication Year2024

IllustratorChan, Michelle Jing, Yes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorTraci Huahn

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length10.4 in

Item Width10.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2023-036945

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromPreschool

Grade ToThird Grade

Dewey Decimal[E]

SynopsisA CBC 2025 NOTABLE SOCIAL STUDIES TRADE BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SELECTION. Meet Mamie Tape, 8-year-old Chinese American changemaker who fought for the right to go to school in San Francisco in the 1880s. Follow Mamie's brave steps and discover the poignant history of her California Supreme Court case Tape v. Hurley. "A gripping and accessible biographical story of a U.S-born Chinese girl caught in a pivotal moment of history, this book spotlights the discriminatory difficulties that visible minorities faced and the heroic actions and perseverance that ordinary people must undertake for equality. Truly inspirational! This is a must-read for all ages, really, because Chinese-American history is American history." -Teresa Robeson, APALA award-winning author of Queen of Physics- How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom "I love that this book communicates, in such a clear and age-appropriate way, the can-do spirit and perseverance of the Tape family!" -Linda Lum Doler, great-granddaughter of Mamie Tape Mamie's mom always reminded her a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step . So when Mamie wanted to go to school, even though Chinese children weren't allowed, she took her first step and showed up anyway. When she was turned away at the schoolhouse door, she and her parents took another step- they sued the San Francisco school board...and won! Their case Tape v. Hurley made its way up to the California Supreme Court, which ruled that children of Chinese heritage had the right to a free public school education. But even then, Mamie's fight wasn't over. Mamie Tape Fights to go to School is the story of one young changemaker's brave steps on the long journey to end school segregation in California. It began with a single step., Meet Mamie Tape, 8-year-old Chinese American changemaker who fought for the right to go to school in San Francisco in the 1880s. Follow Mamie's brave steps and discover the poignant history of her California Supreme Court case Tape v. Hurley., Meet Mamie Tape, 8-year-old Chinese American changemaker who fought for the right to go to school in San Francisco in the 1880s. Follow Mamie's brave steps and discover the poignant history of her California Supreme Court case Tape v. Hurley. "A gripping and accessible biographical story of a U.S-born Chinese girl caught in a pivotal moment of history, this book spotlights the discriminatory difficulties that visible minorities faced and the heroic actions and perseverance that ordinary people must undertake for equality. Truly inspirational! This is a must-read for all ages, really, because Chinese-American history is American history." -Teresa Robeson, APALA award-winning author of Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom "I love that this book communicates, in such a clear and age-appropriate way, the can-do spirit and perseverance of the Tape family!" -Linda Lum Doler, great-granddaughter of Mamie Tape Mamie's mom always reminded her a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step . So when Mamie wanted to go to school, even though Chinese children weren't allowed, she took her first step and showed up anyway. When she was turned away at the schoolhouse door, she and her parents took another step: they sued the San Francisco school board...and won! Their case Tape v. Hurley made its way up to the California Supreme Court, which ruled that children of Chinese heritage had the right to a free public school education. But even then, Mamie's fight wasn't over. Mamie Tape Fights to go to School is the story of one young changemaker's brave steps on the long journey to end school segregation in California. It began with a single step.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.1.H733Mam 2024