Dear Andrea Davis Pinkney, Thank you so much for coming to our classroom. You taught me a lot that I didn’t know. I thought that the book was just about standing up for people of color before we read the book. But I was wrong. This book is about standing up for all people. You made me feel like I was one of the people in the book. When you said that they poured hot coffee on African American’s backs just to get them out of their shops, I felt like I was having hot coffee poured on my back. Although I probably wouldn’t be brave enough to sit there without fighting back. I would have kicked them and then run out. I like writing. In college I want to try out being a writer too. My dad is the seventh grade teacher. He worked as an editor before he was a teacher. I love reading. Right now I’m reading Hatchet. I just finished Wringer. I LOVED Wringer. I hope that I will be as good as a writer as you. I imagine being in the time that you wrote “Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down.”  I admire the courage of the African Americans in the story but it would be a horrible time period to live through. But I have a question? What inspired you to make this book? Keep writing great books. Thank you. Sincerely, Avery Rosen]]>