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Title Rolling warrior : the incredible, sometimes awkward, true story of a rebel girl on wheels who helped spark a revolution / Judith Heumann with Kristen Joiner.
Publisher Boston, MA : Beacon Press, [2021]
Copyright ©2021
Description xiii, 194 pages : illustrations (chiefly photographs) ; 20 cm


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 LW-Children's Room  JB HEUMANN Nearby on shelf  30641006372754 05-23-23  AVAILABLE
Contents Prologue -- Yelling at blank walls -- Time for rest hour, kids -- Sorry, if you could just hide behind everyone else that would be great -- If you're not busy, can you help me into bed? -- You want me to what? -- The last drop -- Are you Judy Heumann? -- The fight -- Am I reading correctly? -- Three years later -- Weird sleepover -- And suddenly, we're visibile -- Dinner tonight courtesy of the Black Panthers -- The government threatens us with bombs -- We threaten the government with more sleepovers -- House party at Califano's -- There are no accessible bathrooms in the White House -- Please don't ignore us or we will come to your Sunday school -- Power to the people -- Four years later -- Thirty-six million of us -- Epilogue: And next.
Summary "One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong in school and society -a powerful role model for young adults with a passion for activism."-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 10 and up.
IL: Grades 4-6.
760L Lexile
Other edition Online version: Heumann, Judith, 1947- Rolling warrior Boston : Beacon Press, 2021. 9780807003602
Subject Heumann, Judith E. -- Juvenile literature.
Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genre Young adult literature.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Illustrated works.
Add'l Names Joiner, Kristen, author.
Other title Incredible, sometimes awkward, true story of a rebel girl on wheels who helped spark a revolution
ISBN 9780807003596
080700359X