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by Sundee Frazier (Author)
Winner, Washington State Book Award
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard
Notable Social Studies Reading List
CCBC Choices
--Kirkus Prize-winner Derrick Barnes "One of those rare books I found myself reading more slowly as I got to the final pages. I didn't want it to end."
--Newbery Award-winner Christopher Paul Curtis ★ "This powerful novel weaves strong characters into the tapestry of civil rights, treatment of people with disabilities, fallout fear from the war, and ever-changing cultural shifts that defined the 1950s."
--School Library Journal (starred) ★ "A well-constructed and movingly told story of a thoughtful Black boy making his place in his family and in 1950s America."
--Publishers Weekly (starred) "A gentle historical novel about finding your voice."
--Kirkus
Author Biography
Sundee T. Frazier is the ALA Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent award-winning author of Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It, Brendan Buckley's Sixth-Grade Experiment, The Other Half of My Heart, and the Cleo Edison Oliver series. Mighty Inside was inspired by her Black family's real-life experiences integrating a white neighborhood in Spokane, WA, in the 1950s and her childhood memories of Spokane's proud, tight-knit, African-American community. Her books have been nominated for twelve state children's choice awards and been recognized by the Children's Book Council, Bank Street College of Education, and Kirkus Reviews. Frazier is a graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives near Seattle, WA, with her husband and two daughters. You can learn more about her and her work at www.sundeefrazier.com.
