Stacey Speaks Up
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Stacey and her friends can’t wait for lunchtime on Friday, also known as TacoPizza FryDay!
But when Stacey discovers that some of her classmates can't afford to eat lunch, she loses her appetite. She knows she has to do something . . . but what can a kid do?
Plenty, as it turns out! With the help of their community, Stacey and her friends devise a plan to make their voices heard.
Inspired by Stacey Abrams’s legacy of grassroots activism and advocacy, this is a story about how everyone has the power to make a difference.
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Stacey Abrams is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of While Justice Sleeps, Our Time Is Now, Lead from the Outside, and the NAACP Image Award winners Stacey’s Extraordinary Words and Stacey’s Remarkable Books. She is also the CEO of Sage Works Productions, an entertainment production company. A tax attorney by training, she served eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as minority leader. She has launched multiple organizations devoted to voting rights and tackling social issues at the state, national, and international levels. Committed to the pursuit of equity, Stacey works to break barriers for young people, people of color, and the marginalized through her work in the public, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. She holds degrees from Spelman College, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and Yale Law School.
Kitt Thomas is a first-generation Lucian American author-illustrator and graduate of the Ringling College of Art and Design with a BFA in visual studies. Kitt’s mission is to celebrate Black culture with their drawings and to encourage inclusion in all forms of art, as they found it hard to see themself properly represented in the media they enjoyed growing up. They have worked with such companies as Netflix, Hasbro, and Cartoon Network. They are the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of Stacey’s Extraordinary Words and Stacey’s Remarkable Books.
