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DocuSign Envelope ID: DFE48D81-9420-4D95-8D95-610AC101030F <br /> darkness of the sepia colors add to the sense of Ruth's confusion when she <br /> encounters the Jim Crow laws. <br /> The strongest element in this book is the symbols. Ruth's brown teddy bear is not <br /> just a stuffed animal, but a symbol of comfort. The Green Book not only guides <br /> the family, but represents trust and sense of community. <br /> Ruth and the Green Book takes readers on an emotional journey through <br /> history as it teaches how African-Americans found solutions to many hardships of <br /> segregation. <br /> Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander <br /> A Collaborative Review by Sixth Graders at Expedition School <br /> Draft 5 <br /> In Calvin Alexander's Ruth and the Green Book, an innocent black girl shows <br /> us how hard life was during the times of segregation, Floyd Cooper's realistic <br /> illustrations record her struggle to find where she belongs. This book will touch <br /> your heart. <br /> Ruth, the heroine, is excited about traveling from Chicago to her <br /> grandmother's house in Alabama. Quickly she sees the challenges an African- <br /> American family faces in the 195O's when she is not allowed to use the bathroom at <br /> a gas station. Along the way people show Ruth and her family m safer ways to meet <br />