Lerner Publishing Group, 2021
Agent: Sandra Dijkstra
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington, he did not stand alone. He was joined by Rabbi Joachim Prinz, a refugee from Nazi Germany, who also addressed the crowd. Though Rabbi Prinz and Dr. King came from very different backgrounds, they were united by a shared belief in justice. And they knew that remaining silent in the face of injustice was wrong. Together, they spoke up and fought for a better future.
Reviews:
“Ades’ book is a timely corrective to the often strained relations between America’s Jewish and Black communities. The back matter (a timeline of King’s and Prinz’s lives, a glossary, and suggested readings) fleshes out the history for curious adults or older readers. We need more books at a middle school and YA level that explore the extensive collaboration between Jews and Blacks in the civil rights movement."
-- Marjorie Gann, retired teacher; co-author (with Janet Willen) of Five Thousand Years of Slavery and Speak a Word for Freedom: Women Against Slavery (Tundra/Penguin Random House) Toronto, Canada, AJL Newsletter
"Ades’s prose is affecting and effective in its directness: “In Germany, he had seen what could happen when people stood by while their neighbors suffered.” Fedele’s art evokes paintings and line drawings in a retro palette, offering a rich complement to this striking narrative of interfaith, cross-cultural support for equality."