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Every Vote Matters: The Power of Your Voice, from Student Elections to the Supreme Court

by Natalie Jacobs
JACOBS, Tom & . illus. by Natalie Jacobs. 224p. glossary. index. notes. photos. Free Spirit. 2016. pap. $15.99. ISBN 9781631980695.
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Gr 7 Up—The unparalleled power of an individual's voice and vote is the prevailing sentiment of this title. The authors underline the importance of the individual voter by dedicating the majority of the text to covering monumental court cases that were decided by a single vote. Often lengthy in their explanations, the authors switch between encyclopedic explanations of the various departments of decision makers to "Did You Know?" tidbits. Bringing back the 1960s mentality of making one's voice heard in times of strife and indecisiveness, the Jacobs attempt to rally readers into joining rectifiers of unjust movements. There is a considerable effort to break up the text with sidebars and a "Talk, Think, and Take Action" section that pushes teens to examine their own relationship to the law.
VERDICT The information is limited in its appeal; this work would be appropriate for an entry-level government course or as a reference for a secondary-level debate team.
Reviewed by Amy Caldera, Dripping Springs Middle School, Dripping Springs, TX , Mar 01, 2016

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