Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Mary Church Terrell
Cookie Lommel · 2003
72/100
👍 Worth It
Mary Church Terrell is exactly the kind of historical figure middle-grade readers should know and rarely do — a college-educated Black woman in the 1800s who co-founded the National Association of Colored Women and was still picketing lunch counters at 86. Lommel's entry in the African-American Biographies series makes her story accessible without talking down to young readers. The series format keeps it brief, but the subject herself carries the weight.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety93
substance72
craft65
originality78
accuracy80
hype78
age-fit85
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict72
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