Book Descriptions
for Red-Tail Angels by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr.
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
The McKissack's write a testament to dreams and ability in a history of the Tuskegee Airmen, the only African-American pilots to fly in World War II. Opening chapters on the history of human flight and of African-Americans in the U.S. military set the stage for the hopes and struggles embraced and endured by the Red-Tail Angels and their supporters as they fought racist attitudes for the right to learn to fly in the U.S. military and, later, for the chance to use their skills in the war that was raging overseas, where they earned an outstanding reputation for their abilities. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs from archives and personal collections: the faces of pioneers. (Ages 11-14)
CCBC Choices 1995. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1995. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
-- Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Merit Book)
-- ALA Best Book for Young Adults
-- IRA-CBC Teachers' Choice
-- Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
-- "This history of America's first black military aviators is carefully researched and finely crafted. (Written with) an emotional intensity that makes the book nearly impossible to put down". -- BL (starred review)
-- ALA Best Book for Young Adults
-- IRA-CBC Teachers' Choice
-- Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
-- "This history of America's first black military aviators is carefully researched and finely crafted. (Written with) an emotional intensity that makes the book nearly impossible to put down". -- BL (starred review)
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
