SuitabookA Sweet Smell of Roses
Angela Johnson
- Reading
- Read together and pause to explore the sisters’ decision to take part. Invite your child to connect their actions with the marchers’ stated aims of freedom and justice.
- Themes
- Young people in collective action: Two young sisters join a gathering of men and women preparing to march for freedom and justice. The book presents this favourably.
- Worth knowing
- The story is set amid the Civil Rights struggle against injustice and prejudice. Consider whether you would like to talk together about what freedom and justice mean in this historical context.