Because of You, John Lewis by Pinkney, Andrea Davis

Because of You, John Lewis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781338759082)

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Format: Hardcover
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Because of You, John Lewis by Pinkney, Andrea Davis

Because of You, John Lewis

$18.99
Because of You, John Lewis by Pinkney, Andrea Davis

Because of You, John Lewis

$18.99
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring story of a friendship between Congressman John Lewis and ten-year-old activist Tybre Faw by New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney!

When young Tybre Faw discovers John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for voting rights, 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.

Who will be next to rise up and turn the page on history?



Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney
ISBN-10: 1338759086
ISBN-13: 9781338759082
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Language: English
Published: 06/07/2022
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.11w x 0.47d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 515354 / Because of You, John Lewis: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship


Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2022
Booklist 04/01/2022 pg. 30
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2022
School Library Journal 07/01/2022 pg. 77
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2022 - Superior,Well Above Average
By Andrea Davis Pinkney
By Andrea Davis Pinkney
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Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of nearly 50 books for young readers, among them The Red Pencil and A Poem for Peter, as well as several collaborations with her husband, Brian Pinkney, including Martin Rising: Requiem for a King, Sit-In, and Hand in Hand, which received the Coretta Scott King Book Award. Andrea Davis Pinkney lives in New York City. You can follow her on Twitter at @AndreaDavisPink, on Instagram at @Andreapinkney1, and on Facebook at @andreadavispinkey.
Keith Henry Brown is the illustrator of the picture book Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound. He got his start drawing superheroes, but jazz musicians like Miles Davis have always been heroes to him. A graduate of the High School of Art and Design as well as Parsons School of Design, he combined his love of art and jazz as the creative director of jazz at Lincoln Center. He has also designed and illustrated promotional graphics and jazz album covers. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit him online at keithhbrown.com.

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