Because Of You, John Lewis

ISBN-10: 1338759086
ISBN-13: 9781338759082
Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Illustrated by: Brown, Keith Henry
Interest Level: 2-5
Publisher: Scholastic

Publication Date: June 2022

Copyright: 2022

Page Count: 40

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Interest Level

Grades 2-5

Reading Level

Lexile: 720L
Accelerated Reader Level: 3.9
Accelerated Reader Points: 0.5

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism

Description
When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote -- Tybre is determined to meet him. Tybre's two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma, Alabama, where Lewis invites Tybre to join him in the annual memorial walk across the Bridge. And so begins a most amazing friendship! In rich, poetic language, Andrea Davis Pinkney weaves the true story of a boy with a dream-together with the story of a real-life hero (who himself had a life-altering friendship with Martin Luther King Jr. when he was young!) Keith Henry Brown's deeply affecting paintings bring this inspiring bond between a young activist and an elder Congressman vividly to life. Both John Lewisand Martin Luther King, Jr. have left indelible marks on future generations. Will Tybre be next to carry the mantle?
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