Reviewed by Julia De Burgos Healthy Super Tiger reporters
The Last Stand
Written by Antwan Eady
This book is about Black farmers. It is the story of a kid and his grandfather who grow crops and then sell them at the farmer’s market every Saturday.
The problem in the story is that they are the last stand at the market. The grandfather gets sick and can no longer help to harvest the pumpkins, plums, peppers, and eggs. The boy collects them himself and sells them. The community helps to support the family in their own way.
“This story connects us to the real world, when we think about things like gas prices going up, and how it is harder to sell things these days. This book is important to read to kids,” said one reporter.
“I liked it because it’s an interesting story. It shows what people do for other people and help out in the community,” said another reporter.
We recommend this book for students in grades K to 5 because it shows different perspectives of problems in the real world.
