Passage Summary:
In the informational text "Marley Dias: The 13-Year-Old Author Who Made a Difference," Barrett Smith discusses the activism of a young girl who collects and donates books with black girls as the main characters.
When and How to Pair:
Introduce this text after page 91, when kids write letters to the utilities president about utility poles, and ask students to discuss how kids, as young activists, can create change. How does Marley Dias create the change she wants to see? How does this compare to the steps the kids take in Frightful’s Mountain to protect birds from being electrocuted on utility pole wires? What was required for the kids in these two texts to create important change?