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DocuSign Envelope ID: DFE48D81-9420-4D95-8D95-610AC101030F <br /> And here's a glorious student watercolor that perfectly captures the tone of this picture book: <br /> r-;:,' ,!I <br /> TEA xwV- { . <br /> _ - ...................... ..:.....ATE.:._ _.. <br /> Watercolor by Raina <br /> . 1 . .-,. X:. <br /> • <br /> Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander <br /> A Collaborative Review by Sixth Graders at Expedition School <br /> Draft 8 <br /> In Calvin Alexander's Ruth and the Green Book, an innocent black girl shows you how hard life was during <br /> the times of segregation. Floyd Cooper's realistic illustrations record her struggle to discover where she <br /> belongs. <br /> Ruth, the heroine, is excited about traveling from Chicago to her grandmother's house in Alabama. She <br /> quickly sees the challenges an African-American family faces in the 1950's when she isn't allowed to use <br /> the public bathroom at a gas station. Along the way people show Ruth and her family safer ways to avoid <br />