Awards
- Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2024
- Booklist Top 10 First Novels for Youth Selection
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist
- Social Justice Literature Award
Overview
When eighth grader and aspiring journalist Indigo breaks an important story, exposing an unfair school policy, she's suddenly popular for the first time. The friends who've recently drifted away from her want to hang out again. Then Indigo notices that the school's disciplinary policies seem to be enforced especially harshly with students of color, like her. She wants to keep investigating, but her friends insist she's imagining things. Meanwhile, Indigo stumbles upon a book by Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells—with private letters written by Ida tucked inside. As she reads about Ida's lifelong battle against racism, Indigo realizes she must choose between keeping quiet and fighting for justice.
Full Product Details
Author: Heather Murphy Capps
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint: Lerner Publishing Group
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 19.70cm
Weight: 0.458kg
ISBN: 9781728467689
ISBN 10: 1728467683
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 04 April 2023
Recommended Age: From 11 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Blending past and present, and brimming with passion on every page, Indigo and Ida is a testament to the power of standing up for what's right, even when it feels lonely. Indigo's story will ring true with anyone who's ever been told they're too intense, too divisive, too much. Put this in the hands of every kid who's ready to change the world.--Chad Lucas, author of Thanks a Lot, Universe and Let the Monster Out -- Other Print (8/15/2022 12:00:00 AM) Weaving snippets from the life of Ida B. Wells into the story of a modern-day middle school reformer, Indigo and Ida is engaging, important, and impossible to put down.--Cindy Baldwin, author of Where the Watermelons Grow and The Stars of Whistling Ridge -- Other Print (8/5/2022 12:00:00 AM) Powerful and emotionally resonant, Indigo and Ida is a poignant story about taking a stand for justice and speaking one's truth.--Christina Li, author of Clues to the Universe -- Other Print (7/26/2022 12:00:00 AM) Heather Murphy Capps delivers the kind of book teachers will want in their classrooms--at once educational and thoroughly entertaining. I enjoyed every page! --Amanda Rawson Hill, author of The Hope of Elephants -- Other Print (7/20/2022 12:00:00 AM)
Heather Murphy Capps delivers the kind of book teachers will want in their classrooms--at once educational and thoroughly entertaining. I enjoyed every page! --Amanda Rawson Hill, author of The Hope of Elephants -- Other Print (7/20/2022 12:00:00 AM)
Author Information
Heather Murphy Capps grew up in a small Minnesota town where the motto is ""Cows, Colleges, and Contentment."" She spent fifteen years as a television news journalist before deciding to focus on her favorite kind of writing: books for kids involving history, social justice, science, mystery, and a touch of magic. A mixed-race author committed to diversity in publishing, she lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, two kids, two cats, and yes, even some cows, colleges, and contentment.
