Rachel Kehoe

The Trailblazing Life of Viola Desmond

A Civil Rights Icon
Illustrator: Charles, Chelsea

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers tells the story of Viola Desmond's life, based on interviews with her sister Wanda Robson.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orca Book Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 174mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781459833975
• ISBN-10: 145983397X
• Artikelnr.: 67337332

Autorenporträt

Rachel Kehoe is an avid reader, traveler and photographer who has lived in Australia, Europe and Hong Kong. She has written for Muse, Faces and Science News for Students. Rachel lives in Burlington, Ontario. Chelsea Charles is an illustrator who resides in Brampton, Ontario, and received her BAA in illustration from Sheridan College. She creates her illustrations through a combination of digital and traditional mediums. The late Wanda Robson was a well-known storyteller, author, community activist and unceasing crusader in seeking justice for her older sister Viola Desmond, who was wrongly arrested in 1946 for sitting in the "white only" section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In 2010 she published Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond. Wanda was a longtime resident of North Sydney, Nova Scotia, where she lived with her husband, Joe, until she passed away in 2022.