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==Reception==
==Reception==
''[[School Library Journal]]'', in its review of ''A Friendship for Today'', found it "A wealth of historical references, from civil rights to polio vaccine to early TV, is embedded in the narrative." and concluded "Readers will enjoy the protagonist's spunky, resilient response to adversity and her candid, often amusing observations of human nature."<ref name=buffalo/> and ''[[BookList]]'' wrote "McKissack's insights into the two steps forward . . . one giant step back nature of the civil rights struggle are valuable, whether children encounter them on their own or in a classroom, where the novel will poignantly extend character education and history curricula."<ref name=buffalo>{{cite web |url=https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1671576/ada |title=A friendship for today |website=Buffalo and Erie County Public Library |accessdate=March 16, 2017}}</ref>
''[[School Library Journal]]'', in its review of ''A Friendship for Today'', found it "A wealth of historical references, from civil rights to polio vaccine to early TV, is embedded in the narrative." and concluded "Readers will enjoy the protagonist's spunky, resilient response to adversity and her candid, often amusing observations of human nature."<ref name=buffalo/> and ''[[Booklist]]'' wrote "McKissack's insights into the two steps forward . . . one giant step back nature of the civil rights struggle are valuable, whether children encounter them on their own or in a classroom, where the novel will poignantly extend character education and history curricula."<ref name=buffalo>{{cite web |url=https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1671576/ada |title=A friendship for today |website=Buffalo and Erie County Public Library |accessdate=March 16, 2017 |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317144916/https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1671576/ada |url-status=live }}</ref>


''A Friendship for Today'' has also been reviewed by ''[[The Horn Book Magazine]]'',<ref >{{cite web |url=https://catalog.wccls.org/Mobile/BakerAndTaylor/Review?ISBN=043966098X&UPC=&position=1 |title=The Honest-to-Goodness Truth: Reviews |quote=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. |website=catalog.wccls.org |accessdate=March 16, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/patricia-c-mckissack/a-friendship-for-today/ |title=A Friendship for Today |quote=This simply told story will leave readers pondering our progress—or lack thereof—in race relations over the past 50 years. |date=January 15, 2007 |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=March 16, 2017}}</ref> ''Library Media Connection'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/584611082_a_friendship_for_today |title=A Friendship for Today |quote=Patricia McKissack writes a heart-warming story of friendship during a difficult time in our history. |website=kcls.bibliocommons.com |accessdate=March 16, 2017}}</ref> ''Multicultural Review'',<ref>{{cite journal |date=June 2007 |title=A Friendship for Today |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/27326174/friendship-today |journal=Multicultural Review |publisher=GP Subscription Publications |volume=16 |issue=2 |page=85 |accessdate=March 16, 2017}}</ref> and ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-439-66098-3 |title=A Friendship for Today (starred review) |quote=A real, at times raw tale about a winning and insightful young heroine during a bittersweet era. |date=January 1, 2007 |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz LLC|accessdate=March 16, 2017}}</ref>
''A Friendship for Today'' has also been reviewed by ''[[The Horn Book Magazine]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.wccls.org/Mobile/BakerAndTaylor/Review?ISBN=043966098X&UPC=&position=1 |title=The Honest-to-Goodness Truth: Reviews |quote=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. |website=catalog.wccls.org |accessdate=March 16, 2017 |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317062049/https://catalog.wccls.org/Mobile/BakerAndTaylor/Review?ISBN=043966098X&UPC=&position=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/patricia-c-mckissack/a-friendship-for-today/ |title=A Friendship for Today |quote=This simply told story will leave readers pondering our progress—or lack thereof—in race relations over the past 50 years. |date=January 15, 2007 |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=March 16, 2017 |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317055325/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/patricia-c-mckissack/a-friendship-for-today/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Library Media Connection'',<ref>{{cite book |url=https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/584611082_a_friendship_for_today |title=A Friendship for Today |quote=Patricia McKissack writes a heart-warming story of friendship during a difficult time in our history. |website=kcls.bibliocommons.com |isbn=9780439660983 |oclc=74029160 |accessdate=March 16, 2017 |last1=McKissack |first1=Pat |year=2007 |publisher=Scholastic Press |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317055039/https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/584611082_a_friendship_for_today |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Multicultural Review'',<ref>{{cite journal |date=June 2007 |title=A Friendship for Today |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/27326174/friendship-today |journal=Multicultural Review |publisher=GP Subscription Publications |volume=16 |issue=2 |page=85 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116082817/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/27326174/friendship-today |archive-date=2017-11-16 |accessdate=March 16, 2017}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-439-66098-3 |title=A Friendship for Today (starred review) |quote=A real, at times raw tale about a winning and insightful young heroine during a bittersweet era. |date=January 1, 2007 |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz LLC |accessdate=March 16, 2017 |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317055028/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-439-66098-3 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Awards==
*2008 CCBC Choice<ref>{{cite book |url=https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/34118/Choices_08_final.pdf?sequence=1 |title=CCBC Choices 2008: Fiction for Children |author=Kathleen T. Horning |author2=Merri V. Lindgren |author3=Megan Schliesman |date=2008 |page=90 |publisher=Friends of the CCBC Inc. |accessdate=March 18, 2017 |archive-date=March 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304044516/https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/34118/Choices_08_final.pdf?sequence=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2009-10 [[Mark Twain Readers Award|Mark Twain Award]] - nominee<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maslonline.org/?page=MT_200910_nom |title=2009-2010 Mark Twain Award Nominees |website=maslonline.org |publisher=Missouri Association of School Librarians |accessdate=March 18, 2017 |archive-date=March 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319111428/http://www.maslonline.org/?page=MT_200910_nom |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2009-10 [[William Allen White Children's Book Award]] - nominee<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/masterlists/list0910.html |title=Master List: Grades 3-5 |website=emporia.edu |publisher=Emporia State University |accessdate=March 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319111041/https://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/masterlists/list0910.html |archive-date=March 19, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2011 [[Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award|Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award]] - nominee<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hcusd2.org/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/54ee22fc804b3/Rebecca%20Caudill%20List%201988-2015.pdf |title=Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award: Cumulative Master List 1988-2015 |date=April 2014 |website=hcusd2.org |publisher=Herscher Community Unit School |accessdate=March 18, 2017 |archive-date=March 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319023051/http://www.hcusd2.org/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/54ee22fc804b3/Rebecca%20Caudill%20List%201988-2015.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 16:12, 23 December 2023

A Friendship for Today
AuthorPatricia McKissack
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature,
Published2007 (Scholastic Press)
Publication placeUSA
Media typePrint (hardback, paperback)
Pages172
ISBN9780439660983
OCLC74029160

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.

Reception

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School Library Journal, in its review of A Friendship for Today, found it "A wealth of historical references, from civil rights to polio vaccine to early TV, is embedded in the narrative." and concluded "Readers will enjoy the protagonist's spunky, resilient response to adversity and her candid, often amusing observations of human nature."[1] and Booklist wrote "McKissack's insights into the two steps forward . . . one giant step back nature of the civil rights struggle are valuable, whether children encounter them on their own or in a classroom, where the novel will poignantly extend character education and history curricula."[1]

A Friendship for Today has also been reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine,[2] Kirkus Reviews,[3] Library Media Connection,[4] Multicultural Review,[5] and Publishers Weekly.[6]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b "A friendship for today". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "A Friendship for Today". Multicultural Review. 16 (2). GP Subscription Publications: 85. June 2007. Archived from the original on 2017-11-16. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Master List: Grades 3-5". emporia.edu. Emporia State University. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  10. ^ "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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