Granddaddys Turn, Michael S. Bandy
Granddaddys Turn, Michael S. Bandy
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Granddaddy's Turn
A Journey to the Ballot Box

Author: Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein

Narrator: J. D. Jackson

Unabridged: 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2019

Synopsis

Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work, but despite all the chores, Granddaddy always makes time for play, especially fishing trips. Even when there isn’t a bite to catch, he reminds young Michael that it takes patience to get what’s coming to you. One morning, when Granddaddy heads into town in his fancy suit, Michael knows that something very special must be happening—and sure enough, everyone is lined up at the town hall! For the very first time, Granddaddy is allowed to vote, and he couldn’t be more proud. But can Michael be patient when it seems that justice just can’t come soon enough? This powerful and touching true-life story shares one boy’s perspective of growing up in the segregated South.

About Michael S. Bandy

Michael S. Bandy caught the writing bug when his third-grade teacher surprised him with a set of Dr. Seuss books. He’s been writing plays, screenplays, and books ever since. He currently resides in Los Angeles and is involved in a number of children’s charities.

About Eric Stein

Eric Stein has written for the children’s TV series Star Street and was a supervising producer on the animated special Defenders of Dynatron City. He currently resides in Long Beach, California, where he is on the dive team at the Aquarium of the Pacific and swims with sharks almost every weekend.

About James E. Ransome

James E. Ransome is an award-winning artist and illustrator who earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. The Children's Book Council named him as one of seventy-five authors and illustrators everyone should know, and his work has won the Coretta Scott King Award, among others. Based in Rhinebeck, New York, he is married to author and editor Lesa Cline-Ransome, with whom he frequently collaborates.

About J. D. Jackson

J.D. Jackson is a classically trained actor, a theater professor, an aspiring stage director, and an award-winning audiobook narrator. His television and film credits include roles on House, ER, Law & Order, Hack, Sherrybaby, Diary of a City Priest, and Lucky Number Slevin. The recipient of several audiobook awards for narration and an Odyssey Honor for G. Neri's Ghetto Cowboy, he was named one of AudioFile's Best Voices of the Year for 2012 and 2013.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandy

This is a fine example of the excellent storytelling shared by both the text and the images. I often wish that virtual experiences could place younger people back into the time and space of the civil rights movement, because the experience was SO different from current protests and movements. Yes, t......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

I disliked this book. A multicultral story of a young boy recounting his grandfather's desire and struggle to vote for the first time, only to be turned away from the ballot box. There is no justified anger or frustration in this book. It ends on a note that everything has been fixed with voting rig......more

Goodreads review by Jill

The writing team that gave us the book White Water about segregation in the Jim Crow era in the South returns with a look at voting rights in that era in this book subtitled: “A Journey to the Ballot Box.” As the authors contend in an Afterword, voting rights were “the last vestige of resistance” in......more

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