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Follow Chester!
  • Published: 1 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781623545000
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

Follow Chester!

A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

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17 Sept 2019
Paperback
1 Oct 2024
Hardback
17 Sept 2019
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The story of civil rights hero Chester Pierce's game-changing role as the first Black college football player to compete south of the Mason-Dixon Line--now in paperback!

In 1947, no African American player can play at a southern school; in return, the opposing team benches a player of "equal talent." This historical fiction picture book frames a turbulent time in the civil rights era with the clever use of a football play to show race relations and teamwork. Inspired by a true story, capturing a historic defense against the Jim Crow laws of the South.
  • Published: 1 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781623545000
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the authors

Laura Freeman

Laura Freeman is chief art critic of The Times. She has written for the Spectator, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, TLS, Apollo and World of Interiors. Her first book The Reading Cure, a memoir about hunger and happiness, addiction, obsession and recovery, was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018. She studied history of art at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
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Praise for Follow Chester!

Praise for Follow Chester!

  • "This straightforward sports tale will encourage readers to face adversity head-on."—Kirkus Reviews
  • "An accessible introduction to the struggle for civil rights in mid-twentieth-century America."—Booklist
  • "The book not only shows the challenges Chester Pierce faced, it shows how people can work together to combat discrimination." —School Library Journal