What are the motifs in Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip M Hoose?

Loneliness is a recurring idea. When one opens the pages of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, the reader may expect to find a simple story about an important forgotten figure in the Civil Rights movement. In many ways, this is a perfectly appropriate expectation. But while this is indeed a major theme of the book, as one can see above, it also leaves out a surprisingly forceful and prominent theme in the book. Not only is the book focused on the fight for social justice and pointing out and rectifying the unjust neglect of Claudette, it also communicates an almost constant sense of loneliness within Claudette.