A Friendship for Today

LanguageEnglish

Published2007 (Scholastic Press)

A Friendship for Today

Author	Patricia McKissack
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature,
Published	2007 (Scholastic Press)
Publication place	USA
Media type	Print (hardback, paperback)
Pages	172
ISBN	9780439660983
OCLC	74029160

A Friendship for Today is a 2007 book by Patricia McKissack about the life of a girl, Rosemary Patterson, attending one of the first integrated Missouri schools during the 1950s.

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1 2 "A friendship for today". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
↑ "The Honest-to-Goodness Truth: Reviews". catalog.wccls.org. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017. McKissack's secondary characters, from Mr. Bob at the grocery store to Rosemary's divorcing parents to the stubbornly courageous Mrs. Hamilton, are complex creations, conflicted and imperfect but full of wisdom as they grope their way along life's road.
↑ "A Friendship for Today". Kirkus Media LLC. January 15, 2007. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017. This simply told story will leave readers pondering our progress—or lack thereof—in race relations over the past 50 years.
↑ McKissack, Pat (2007). A Friendship for Today. Scholastic Press. ISBN 9780439660983. OCLC 74029160. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017. Patricia McKissack writes a heart-warming story of friendship during a difficult time in our history. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
↑ "A Friendship for Today". Multicultural Review. 16 (2). GP Subscription Publications: 85. June 2007. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
↑ "A Friendship for Today (starred review)". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. January 1, 2007. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017. A real, at times raw tale about a winning and insightful young heroine during a bittersweet era.
↑ Kathleen T. Horning; Merri V. Lindgren; Megan Schliesman (2008). CCBC Choices 2008: Fiction for Children (PDF). Friends of the CCBC Inc. p. 90. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
↑ "2009-2010 Mark Twain Award Nominees". maslonline.org. Missouri Association of School Librarians. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
↑ "Master List: Grades 3-5". emporia.edu. Emporia State University. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
↑ "Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award: Cumulative Master List 1988-2015" (PDF). hcusd2.org. Herscher Community Unit School. April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.

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