JACK’S PATH OF COURAGE: THE LIFE OF JOHN F. KENNEDY

Book ID/图书代码： 06540510B36665

English Summary/英文概要： A moving portrait of a courageous figure by the author of Abe’s Honest Words and Martin’s Big Words.

John F. Kennedy was a popular, charismatic president, beloved by many. But he didn’t always believe he had the strength or courage for that office. As a child he was sickly and also overshadowed by his strong, capable, athletic older brother Joe. After Joe Jr.’s death John had to work hard to live up to his own expectations and to those of his father. He overcame pain and self-doubt to see the country through one of the most difficult crises in its history.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 美國甘迺迪總統的勇氣歷程！

John F. Kennedy無疑是美國史上最受人愛戴及充滿領袖氣質的總統之一。但其實他不是一直向外人所見充滿勇氣及自信，小時候的他因為有個非常能幹及強壯的哥哥Joe，而且深受他父親的喜愛，這讓一直在哥哥的保護下的John變得相當懦弱及缺乏自信，直到有天哥哥離開他們後，父親開始將對哥哥的期望轉嫁在John身上，使他必須一肩挑起哥哥的形象，最後也帶領美國度過最艱困的時期。(VL)

Awards/获奖情况：As with these collaborators’ Lady Liberty, the striking cover of this picture-book biography features a closeup portrait of the subject, all the more compelling in this instance with the omission of any type. In her signature succinct style, Rappaport fuses facts about Kennedy’s personal and public lives with quotations from his writings and speeches. The author credits the 35th president for such achievements as establishing the Peace Corps and negotiating the first major weapons test-ban treaty with the Soviet Union, yet asserts, "not all of Kennedy’s decisions were wise." She calls the U.S.’s 1961 invasion of Cuba "a disaster" and notes that, while violence erupted in the South as blacks protested for equal rights, Kennedy worried that he would alienate white Southern lawmakers. "For two years he hesitated," before "he took a firm stand and called for new laws protecting black Americans." Tavares’s light- and shadow-infused paintings balance lifelike portrayals of Kennedy with renderings of dramatic events, notably a Japanese destroyer ramming Kennedy’s PT boat during WWII and the planting of the American flag on the moon. An evenhanded, graphically stirring biography. PW"

About the Author/作者介绍： Doreen Rappaport著有多部優秀得獎兒童讀物，如榮獲美國圖書館協會推薦好書的Freedom River以及凱迪克銀牌大獎的Martin’s Big Words。作品多以講述人權及種族平等議題為主，她為青少年寫的作品還包括Dirt on Their Skirts以及Escape from Slavery，分別獲得卡特伍德森榮譽大獎以及社會研究領域好書的肯定。此外，人物傳記繪本則有Eleanor Roosevelt 、Abraham Lincoln、John Lennon等。目前居住在紐約市。www.doreenrappaport.com
Doreen Rappaport has written numerous award-winning books for children, including: Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Honor Book; and John’s Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon, also illustrated by Bryan Collier. She lives and writes in upstate New York.

Matt Tavares (www.matttaveres.com) is the illustrator several books, including Lady Liberty: A Biography, written by Doreen Rappaport. Matt lives in Ogunquit, Maine with his wife, Sarah, and their two daughters.

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