Just Like Martin

by Ossie Davis

Book Overview

It is August 28, 1968, the day of the Freedom March on Washington, D.C. Everyone in town is going---except Isaac Stone. His father, a bitter Korean War veteran, forbids it. Nonviolence is the same as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671732021
• ISBN13: 9780671732028
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Even Young People can Change the World

This is an excellent book for middle school children. Stone wants to be like his hero Dr. King. He is active in his church and has been chosen to be the jr. leader for the bus going to the March On Washington. But his father refuses to let him go and he has to watch it on tv. The young people are entertaining yet it is teaching a definite lesson.

"I Have A Dream"

"I Have A Dream" In the book Just Like Martin there is a boy named Stone who is really trying to spread non-violence across the nation. There is a huge event where all black people come together and march. Martin Luther King was a leader in the march. He said his "I Have A Dream" speech. Some bad things started to happen at the end of the book. It might change the meaning of discrimination forever. Read this good book to find out. I really liked this book. It was exciting and it shows you that if you really work toward something that it might actually come true.

Just Like Martin-"A Must Read"

This book depicts what it was like for African American adolescents to "take part in" The Civil Rights Movement. It mixes history and fiction to create a riveting rights of passage portrait of Isaac Stone, the protagonist, who aspires to be "just like Martin." Last year, I used the novel to teach sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Even so, I think the book should be also used to teach fourth and fifth graders about the March on Washington, the elements of the short story,etc. In addition, this book is a very good way to help students gain a better under- standing of individual responsibility, friendship, the peer group, obstacles, and the father/son relationship.

One of the Best Books Ever.

This book was really good. Not only was it entertaining but it was educational too. It is one of the best historical ficion books I have every read. And by far the most entertaining.