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Ringside, 1925
Views from the Scopes Trial
By Bryant, Jen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37584-047-0 978-0-37594-047-7
- Publisher
- Knopf
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2008
Gr 8-Up Nothing much happened in Dayton, TN, until the summer of 1925. That was the year that J. T. Scopes, a science teacher at Rhea County High School, asked students to read a chapter on evolution from their textbook. Tennessee had recently passed a law against the teaching of evolution in public schools, and the American Civil Liberties Union was seeking an opportunity to prove that this law was unconstitutional. Mr. Robinson, a local store owner, thought that Scopes could bring publicity to the town and boost its stagnant economy, if he would submit to a trial. The ACLU pledg...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
Bryant follows up her multivoiced free-verse account of the Lindbergh Baby case (The Trial, rev. 3/04) with a slightly earlier media circus, John T. Scopes's trial for the teaching of human evolution, forbidden by Tennessee law. Told from the points of view of students...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
This multivoiced free-verse account of the Scopes trial is told from the viewpoints of students, merchants, a reporter, and others; the novel al...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
