Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Princess of the Press
Angela Shelf Medearis · 1997
82/100
👍 Worth It
Ida B. Wells is one of the most important and underrepresented figures in American history, and Medearis does her justice by letting Wells speak through her own diary and journal entries. The honest treatment of racial violence is handled with appropriate care for the age group, and the supplementary materials make this genuinely useful in a classroom. A strong, necessary biography.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety82
substance85
craft82
originality80
accuracy88
hype75
age-fit85
human-eye82
Penny’s verdict82
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