Hands Up! (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780525552314)

This triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl's everyday life--hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five--before culminating in a moment of resistance at a protest march.

A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun, reaches her hands up for a book on a high shelf, and raises her hands up in praise at a church service. She stretches her hands up high like a plane's wings and whizzes down a hill so fast on her bike with her hands way up. As she grows, she lives through everyday moments of joy, love, and sadness. And when she gets a little older, she joins together with her family and her community in a protest march, where they lift their hands up together in resistance and strength.

Author: Breanna J. McDaniel
ISBN-10: 0525552316
ISBN-13: 9780525552314
Publisher: Dial Books
Language: English
Published: 01/22/2019
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.00w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509701 / Hands Up!


Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 01/25/2019
Publishers Weekly 11/05/2018
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2019 pg. 79
School Library Journal 12/21/2018 pg. 50
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average