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Leon's
Story
(1997) Farrar Straus Giroux
written by Leon Walter Tillage
(also available in French, German and Korean) |
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“In this riveting autobiography, Baltimore janitor
Leon Walter Tillage reflects on his life with all
the vitality of a storyteller gathering his audience
around him. He recalls his childhood as an African
American sharecropper's son in 1940s North Carolina...Tillage's
words describe a time, only a few short decades
back, when Klansmen and Jim Crow laws ruled the
South ... Roth's dramatic black-and-white collages
pay homage to the power of Leon's story, a tale
that does more in its gentle way to explose the
horrors of racism than most works of fiction ever
could.” - starred review, Publishers
Weekly
“The full strength of character of Leon Tillage
and those he represents is revealed in the plain
dignity of his words.” - starred review, The
Horn Book
“His voice is direct, the words are simple. There
is no rhetoric, no commentary, no bitterness, just
the facts of his personal story set against the
segregation of the time.” - starred review, Booklist
• Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Winner,
Nonfiction
• A Junior Library Guild Selection.
• Best Books for Young Adults; American Library
Association-YALSA
• Best Children's Books of the Year; Bank
Street College of Education
• Booklist: Editors' Choice: Books for Youth;
American Library Association
• Capitol Choices; The Capitol Choices Committee
• Fanfare Honor List; Horn Book
• Lasting Connections; American Library Association
• Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field
of the Social Studies
• National Council for the Social Studies
• Smithsonian Magazine's Notable Books for
Children
• Children's Books of Distinction; Riverbank
Review
• Notable Books for Children; American Library
Association-ALSC
• Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young
People
• National Council for the Social Studies
• Teachers' Choices; International Reading
Association
• Georgia Children's Literature Awards
• Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
• Texas Lone Star Reading List
• Virginia’s Jefferson Cup Award Winner
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