Revolution in Our Time

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Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
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Author Kekla Magoon
LanguageEnglish
PublishedNovember 23, 2021
Publisher Candlewick Press

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People is a nonfiction book about the Black Panther Party, written by Kekla Magoon and published November 23, 2021 by Candlewick Press. In 2021, the book was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

Revolution in Our Time is a Junior Library Guild book. [4]

The book received starred reviews from Booklist, [5] Horn Book , [6] Kirkus Reviews , [3] Publishers Weekly , [7] and School Library Journal. [8]

Kirkus Reviews referred to the book as a "highly readable and not-to-be-missed story of America’s history and current reality" [3] Publishers Weekly called it a "detailed, accessible text" that "presents an incisive, in-depth study of the Black Panther Party." [7] Booklist wrote, "This rounded accounting of a pivotal but often-overlooked time in U.S. history should be widely read." [5] The Horn Book similarly wrote that "this compelling work would be invaluable for both individual and classroom reading," [6] and Shelf Awareness said it is "a must-have for American history units that will spend more time in readers' hands than on the shelves." [8]

Horn Book, [9] Kirkus Reviews, [3] and Publishers Weekly [10] named Revolution in Our Time one of the best young adult books of 2021.

The audiobook, narrated by Tyla Collier, received a positive review from Lit Hub. [11]

Awards for Revolution in Our Time
YearAwardResultRef.
2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature Finalist [12]
National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist [3] [13] [14]
2022 Coretta Scott King Book Award for AuthorHonor [3] [4] [15]
Michael L. Printz Award Honor [4] [16] [17] [18]
ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [19] [20]
Walter Dean Myers Award for TeenFinalist [21] [22]

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