Because of you, John Lewis : the true story of a remarkable friendship /
Pinkney, Andrea Davis,
Because of you, John Lewis : the true story of a remarkable friendship / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Keith Henry Brown. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Booklist, April 2022 Kirkus Starred, May 2022 Horn Book, March 2022
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. His 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!
4.3 3-6 720L Lexile
9781338759082 1338759086
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 --Juvenile literature.
Lewis, John, 1940-2020.
Civil rights movement--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movement--History.
African American legislators--Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers--Juvenile literature.
Friendship--Juvenile literature.
African American legislators.
African American civil rights workers.
African Americans.
Legislators.
Civil rights workers.
Friendship.
Biographies
E185.97.L49 / P56 2022
921 LEW
Because of you, John Lewis : the true story of a remarkable friendship / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Keith Henry Brown. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Booklist, April 2022 Kirkus Starred, May 2022 Horn Book, March 2022
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. His 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!
4.3 3-6 720L Lexile
9781338759082 1338759086
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 --Juvenile literature.
Lewis, John, 1940-2020.
Civil rights movement--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movement--History.
African American legislators--Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers--Juvenile literature.
Friendship--Juvenile literature.
African American legislators.
African American civil rights workers.
African Americans.
Legislators.
Civil rights workers.
Friendship.
Biographies
E185.97.L49 / P56 2022
921 LEW