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Reviews and Praise for Revolution in Our Time:
Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for 2021
2022 Michael L. Printz Award Honor
2022 Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor
2022 Walter Dean Myers Award Honor
A 2o21 National Book Award Finalist
★ “Comprehensive and meticulously researched…cinematic in its descriptions….The highly readable and not-to-be-missed story of America’s history and current reality.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
★ “A wealth of quotes, photos, and sidebars enriches the book. …this compelling work would be invaluable for both individual and classroom reading.”
—The Horn Book (starred review)
★ “Powerful…an incisive, in-depth study of the Black Panther Party.”
—Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)
★ “Exceedingly well researched, illustrated, and sourced. . . This rounded accounting of a pivotal but often-overlooked time in U.S. history should be widely read.
—Booklist (starred review)
★ “Magoon offers an in-depth look at the Black Panthers that we’ve not really seen for young people—-one that is honest and offers a much-needed corrective. . . A must-have.”
—School Library Journal (starred review)
★ “Magoon delivers what may be her magnum opus—a complete history of the Black Panther Party (BPP) written from the viewpoint of an insider. . . . Her linear narrative writing style fits this work well. . . a must for students.”
—School Library Connection (starred review)
Magoon, writing with clarity and accessibility, gives a full picture of an organization based in Black power, how it came to be, and how it has been purposely misrepresented in history books for decades. . . . a compelling portrait.
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
A must-read for anyone interested in fighting injustice, this courageous book takes readers beyond what we think we know and provides an objective and insightful view of our nation’s history.
—NPR
Although Magoon covers decades, even centuries, of history, she does so with a straightforwardness and detail that makes this book a helpful resource for readers of every age.
—Vox
Kekla Magoon’s fascinating, meticulously researched account of the Black Panther Party, liberally illustrated with photos and news clippings and other documentary material, is a National Book Award finalist and deserves wide readership for shining a spotlight on a movement that has much relevance to the present day.
—The Buffalo News
This important National Book Award finalist makes a compelling case: that the legacy of the Black Panther Party lives on in our endemic and enduring struggles to overcome systemic racism.
—The San Francisco Chronicle
An extraordinary and comprehensive history on the Black Panther Party.
—Ms. Magazine
“Kekla Magoon is a national treasure, and Revolution in Our Time passionately and meticulously details a critical truth that is both feared and necessary in the classroom.”
—Rita Williams-Garcia, Newbery Honor-winning author of One Crazy Summer