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Through My Eyes


Genre: Nonfiction/Autobiography
Title: Through My Eyes
Author: Ruby Bridges
Awards: Carier C. Woodson Book Award, Jane Addams Children's Book Award
Age Range: 9-12 years old

Summary: Ruby Bridges lived during a critical time of the civil rights movement. She was one of the first colored people to be allowed to attend a white school because she passed the school board exam. Many white people were upset with the integration. Throughout the book, we get an insight into what African-Americans had to go through during the time of the civil rights. There were riots and racist comments yelled at them, especially as the girls would enter their new school. Ruby's first white teacher was Barbara Henry, and they grew to really like each other and Ruby was able to learn a lot from her. As the school year continues, the protesters outside the school decrease and few students began to go back to school. The entire book talks about the journey that Ruby had to go through with attending school and dealing with the effects of integration. 

Evaluation: I enjoyed the book, but I do not think I would use it in my class. I think the book is too long and that students would get bored easily because it is much longer than a normal children's book. Although, it is a very good book and I think I would use it more so as a reference and maybe read certain passages from the book, but definitely not the whole book. One activity that I would do with this book is to have the students pick someone influential during the Civil Rights Movement and write an essay on them. 
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