The Bus Ride

The Bus Ride, written by William Miller, is inspired by Rosa Parks story of sitting in the front of the bus in 1955. Sara, the main character in the story, is a little girl who decides to check out and sit in the front of the bus to see what was so “special” about it. Even though Rosa Parks was older when this happened, Miller probably made Sara a young girl making it easier for kids reading the book to put themselves in Sara’s shoes at that age and relate to her. The bus situation with Rosa Parks is a difficult one to simplify for children to understand, and I think Miller does an excellent job putting the legality terms into simple terms for children to understand, especially with the legality terms and segregation.