Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School: Based on a True Story

by Traci Huahn

Book Overview

Meet Mamie Tape, 8-year-old Chinese American changemaker who fought for the right to go to school in San Francisco in the 1880s. Follow Mamie's brave steps and discover the poignant history of her California Supreme Court case Tape v. Hurley.

"A gripping and accessible biographical story of a U.S-born Chinese girl caught in a pivotal moment of history, this book spotlights the discriminatory difficulties that visible minorities faced...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593644034
• ISBN13: 9780593644034
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3