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Summary: You can't put this book down
Review: You can't put this book down!!!!!! It contains graphic descriptions, not sparing any of her thoughts so you get the full influance. Melba is a person whom, after reading this book, I thoroughly admire, and feel that she is stong, couragous, and persistant, which equeals up to a wonderful human being.
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Summary: it was pretty good
Review: Warriors don't cry ia a good book about a little girle named Melba Beals, and eaight other students, and their struggle to Integrae Little Rocks Central High. This book gives a accurate description of her troubles that she went through and how she survived physical and verble abuse. This book was written from Melbas diaries, and tells her feelings, and how her grandma, and mom helped her survive her year at Central High. This book is sad how we could be so mean to black people, but in some parts funny. I would recommend this book to all eighth graders, it is very well written.
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Summary: This book was the best book I have read so far.
Review: I as a Junior High student would recomend this book strongly,to other junior high students.I give this book a five star rating because of the strong plot.Grandma was a good grand mother to Mebla the little girl.Grandma was very helpful to Melba.She told Melba every thing was going to be alright.In conclusion, I thought that this book deserves a five star rating.
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Summary: It`s a very well written book.
Review: I think it`s a very fun book to read.While I was reading this book,I could see the characters in my mind.I really liked how the authour described the scene where she saw her freinds on the street trying to intergrade the high school.I really enjoyd this book.
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Summary: An excellent book, puts a new perspective on predjudice.
Review: Look through the eyes of the little rock nine, a group of black kids integrating Central High School.It's a book full of adventure and saddness. I reccomend this to anyone who wants a better look at how far we as a country have really come.It's very inspirational, showing you that you can get through anything with determination. Find out what it was like to be put down by your community and what courage really is.
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Summary: The Little Rock nine survived the Civil Rights movement.
Review: In the novel, Warriors Don't Cry written by Melba Pattillo Beals, the plot is set out in an easy to understand format. There were nine black, Little Rock students that had integrated into Central High School, an all white high school, during the civil rights movement. Of course, since most of the population in Arkansas were white racists, the black students were not welcome at the school. The black students endured a lot of physical and mental abuse from white students, teachers, and parents. They had to find a way to fight back without actually fighting. The novel flows together in a medium pace. It challenges the reader, but is also easily understood. The author makes you think about how the Little Rock nine were treated even after you have completed the book. It makes you rethink the way that you treat people. The story takes place in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the Civil Rights Movement. Most of the story surrounds Melba's home and school life. There is a kind of depressing and saddening atmosphere when you read about the Little Rock nine being abused. It makes me upset to think about how badly they were treated. I get sick to my stomach when I think about they had to endure all the pain without fighting back, for fear that they would have been kicked out of the school. I get depressed when I think about how things like this still occur today because some people are too little to get past the color of a person. The Little Rock nine were very brave teenagers. Their names are Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed Wair, Elizabeth Eckford, Terrance Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Brown Trickey, and Melba Pattillo Beals. They all were beaten, chased and verbally abused by white people and even some black people who were afraid of integration. Minnijean Brown had hot chili dumped on her, others were beaten, and Melba Pattillo Beals had acid,among other things, theown in her face. Even though a lot of horrible things happened to the Little Rock nine, they went back to school the next day, and the next, and so on. We know the pain they endured as it was shown through the eyes of the author, Melba Pattillo Beals. The author keeps you in anticipation to find out what will happen to the Little Rock nine the next time they go to school or leave their houses. You want to know who will harass the black students, who will be nice to them, or what will happen when the guards leave. You understand what it was like for the black community, during the civil rights movement. You can picture what happened to the Little Rock nine when they integrated into Central High School and their families while they were at Central. In the end Ernest Green, the only black senior at Central, graduated from Central High School. Melba leaves to go to California to go to another high school. She moves in with a white family by the names of Dr. George McCabe, Carol McCabe, and their four children. In my opinion, this book is a wonderful look back to history. It takes you back to the civil rights movement, when the blacks were still fighting for the freedom they deserved. In our constitution it says that all men are created equal, but we weren't always all equal, and this book is a perfect example of that.
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Summary: Warriors Don't Cry is about integration at Central High.
Review: Warriors Don1t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals is a wonderful novel. It1s a true story about the struggle of nine black students who integrated an all white high school. All nine students were physically and mentally abused at Central High School from the white students. Bealls used all the feelings and struggles of the nine students to keep the reading pace flowing. The story took place at Melba Beals home and Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Ernest Green, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Minnijean Brown, Carlotta Walls, Gloria Ray, and Melba Pattillo Beals were the nine students who struggled to keep their heads up. They were hurting inside, but they didn1t show it because they felt if they did, people would think they were giving up. They realized on the outside that they were warriors for god. Sometimes they felt like giving up, but they couldn1t because it was like giving into what the white people wanted. Melba is writing from a little girl1s point of view. Her journal is written from the time she was eight to sixteen. She used words and sayings that were hurtful but real. In the end Green is the first black student to graduate from Central High. Two other students graduated the following year. Minnijean Brown moved and graduated from another high school. Melba never did graduate from Central High because she had to move to California with a white family to protect herself and her family. In the end, they all went their separate ways where they continued to fight for their rights. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes reading about the struggles of integration in our country.
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Summary: It was ok
Review: Well it wasen't all that but it was o
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Summary: Blacks integrating Central High & being tortured everyday.
Review: Melba and eight of her friends integrate Central High School. In 1954, the court ruled that it was illegal not to have an integrated school. Not knowing the consequences they woulld face, the nine students signed up to go to school at Central 3 years beforehand. When they attended Central High School in 1957 they faced near-death experiences. Just when all hope seemed to be disappearing, a miracle would happen and they would be saved. Their faith in God helped Melba through integration too. The racism they faced each day was appaling and it is a blessing that they survived. I highly reccomend this book to almost all readers. This book was very touching and I could not put it down. Happy reading.
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Summary: Soul stirring
Review: I was a 7th grade student at a 'girls' school in Memphis in 1958 - the year after Central High was intergrated. Since our school accepted boarding students, a few of the Little Rock students came to our school. In the 7th grade, I didn't really have an understanding of what was going on. However, becoming a teenager in the 60's I was infuriated, embarrased and outraged at the treatment my ancestors had inflicted - and continued to inflict - on another race. Reading of this incident from the perspective of a 14 year old was incredible. I experienced that same fury in my gut that I felt as a teenager growing up in the south. But I remind myself, it's not just in the south. We don't hold the patent on ignorance and fear! When 'the nine' were taken to Chicago, New York, etc. at the end of that year, and honored for their heroic accomplishments, I was so happy I cried. Not that it rights any wrongs, but I still want to say, I'm sorry. Sorry that anyone, regardless of their age, had to live through the hatred, fear and ignorance of people who had nothing to feel superior about. Learning to celebrate our diversity is a big lesson for our country it seems. Thank you Ms. Beals for sharing your story.
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