Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!

by Jody Nyasha Warner

Book Overview

Finalist for the 2011 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction "On behalf of the Nova Scotia government, I sincerely apologize to Mrs. Viola Desmond's family and to all African Nova Scotians for the racial discrimination she was subjected to by the justice system . . . We recognize today that the act for which Viola Desmond was arrested, was an act of courage, not an offence." -- Darrell Dexter, Premier of Nova Scotia, April 15, 2010...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888997795
• ISBN13: 9780888997791
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 4