Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! by Claudette Colvin; Phillip Hoose Narrated by Soneela Nankani - Macmillan Audio | Macmillan Young Listeners
Si alguna vez has sentido que tu voz no cuenta o que eres demasiado joven para cambiar las cosas, escuchar este audiolibro es el sacudidón que necesitas. Yo tengo una hija pequeña y no puedo evitar preguntarme ¿qué retos importantes enfrenta su generación?
Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!, narrado por la propia Claudette junto a Phillip Hoose, es una experiencia cruda, íntima y profundamente conmovedora. Nueve meses antes de que Rosa Parks hiciera historia, Claudette, con solo 15 años (justo la edad que mi hija acaba de cumplir en agosto), se negó a ceder su asiento en un autobús de Montgomery. Sin embargo, la historia la dejó en la sombra porque era una adolescente, no tenía el perfil "ideal" para los líderes de la época y terminó embarazada poco después (qué complicada vida, no imaginaba este detalle).
Lo verdaderamente mágico del formato de audiolibro es escuchar la historia de su propia boca. Su voz, ya anciana pero firme, te eriza la piel. No estás leyendo un libro de texto frío; estás escuchando a una mujer recordar el miedo, la adrenalina y la indignación de una niña de 15 años que simplemente se plantó ante la injusticia porque "la historia la tenía atrapada en su asiento". ¡Cuánto han cambiado las cosas desde entonces y cuánto siguen igual... en tantos aspectos!
Es un audiolibro corto, directo al corazón y sumamente necesario. Un recordatorio humano y poderoso de que las grandes revoluciones suelen empezar con el coraje de los más jóvenes, de los que no tienen nada que perder.
If you've ever felt like your voice doesn't matter or that you're too young to make a difference, listening to this audiobook is the jolt you need. I have a young daughter, and I can't help but wonder what major challenges her generation faces.
Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!, narrated by Claudette herself along with Phillip Hoose, is a raw, intimate, and deeply moving experience. Nine months before Rosa Parks made history, Claudette, at just 15 years old (the same age my daughter turned in August), refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. However, history overlooked her because she was a teenager, didn't fit the "ideal" profile for the leaders of the time, and ended up pregnant shortly afterward (what a complicated life; I hadn't considered that detail).
The truly magical thing about the audiobook format is hearing the story in her own words. Her voice, now elderly but still resolute, gives you goosebumps. You're not reading a cold textbook; You're listening to a woman recall the fear, the adrenaline, and the outrage of a 15-year-old girl who simply stood up to injustice because "history had her trapped in her seat." How much things have changed since then, and how much they remain the same... in so many ways!
It's a short, heartfelt, and much-needed audiobook. A powerful and human reminder that great revolutions often begin with the courage of the young, those who have nothing to lose.
Description
Civil rights icon Claudette Colvin teams up with Phillip Hoose—author of the Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning blockbuster biography Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice—to tell her groundbreaking story in this unforgettable picture book illustrated by New York Times–bestselling artist Bea Jackson.
Montgomery, Alabama 1955. Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is tired. Tired of white people thinking they’re better than her. Tired of going to separate schools and separate bathrooms. Most of all, she’s tired of having to give up her seat on the bus whenever a white person tells her to. She wants freedom NOW! But what can one teenager do?
On a bus ride home from school one day, young Claudette takes a stand for justice and refuses to get up from her seat—nine months before Rosa Parks will become famous for doing the same. What follows will not only transform Claudette’s life but the course of history itself.
In the words of Claudette Colvin herself, as told to acclaimed nonfiction writer Phillip Hoose, this empowering, heroic story illustrates how one simple act of courage can create real and lasting change.
| ISBN | 9781250366016 |
| PRICE | $1.99 (USD) |
| DURATION | 15 Minutes |
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