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Infinite hope : a black artist's journey from World War II to peace / Ashley Bryan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019]Edition: First editionDescription: 107 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781534404908
  • 1534404902
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Artist Ashley Bryan's experience as a Black soldier in the segregated army of WWII"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Biography Bryan, A. B915 Available 33111009394368
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Bryan, A. B915 Available 33111009536281
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
Recipient of a Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction Special Mention Honor Award
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019

From celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army during World War II, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him.

In May of 1942, at the age of eighteen, Ashley Bryan was drafted to fight in World War II. For the next three years, he would face the horrors of war as a black soldier in a segregated army.

He endured the terrible lies white officers told about the black soldiers to isolate them from anyone who showed kindness--including each other. He received worse treatment than even Nazi POWs. He was assigned the grimmest, most horrific tasks, like burying fallen soldiers...but was told to remove the black soldiers first because the media didn't want them in their newsreels. And he waited and wanted so desperately to go home, watching every white soldier get safe passage back to the United States before black soldiers were even a thought.

For the next forty years, Ashley would keep his time in the war a secret. But now, he tells his story.

The story of the kind people who supported him.
The story of the bright moments that guided him through the dark.
And the story of his passion for art that would save him time and time again.

Filled with never-before-seen artwork and handwritten letters and diary entries, this illuminating and moving memoir by Newbery Honor-winning illustrator Ashley Bryan is both a lesson in history and a testament to hope.

"Artist Ashley Bryan's experience as a Black soldier in the segregated army of WWII"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 10 up.

Grades 4 to 6.

"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."

Includes index.

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