The legend of the valentine / written by Katherine Grace Bond ; illustrated by Don Tate.

Title :

The legend of the valentine

Author:

Bond, Katherine Grace, 1963-

Format:

Books

Summary:

On Valentine's Day during the sixties, Marcus, an African-American boy in a newly integrated school, uses St. Valentine as a role model to heal the hate in his classroom.

Language:

English

ISBN - ISSN:

0310700396

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm

General Note:

"An inspirational story of love and reconciliation" -- Cover.

Subject:

Race relations -- Fiction.

Valentine's Day -- Fiction.

African Americans -- Fiction.

Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.

Valentine's Day -- Juvenile fiction.

African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Valentine, Saint -- Fiction.

Valentine, Saint -- Juvenile fiction.

Fiction.

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The legend of the valentine / written by Katherine Grace Bond ; illustrated by Don Tate.

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Marcus, a nine-year-old African-American boy living in Alabama in the sixties, learns the true meaning of valentines as he is faced with whether or not to forgive his classmates and others who have hurt him and his family. His wise grandmother tells him the true story of St. Valentine, who lived out his faith by loving others with the love of Christ and who was persecuted and put to death by the Roman government. An especially tender moment occurs when Marcus's mother and he receive a handmade valentine from his father, who has been jailed because of his nonviolent protests in support of civil rights.

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Horn Book Review

One of the first black children to integrate a Southern school faces discrimination but is encouraged by his deeply religious grandmother's retelling of a story about St. Valentine. The story is overloaded with issues, and both writing and art are stiff. Nevertheless, the book will be useful to those looking for stories witháfrank expressions of faith. From HORN BOOK Fall 2002, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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