Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
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A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes A Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor Book
Kirkus Best Books of 2015
Booklist Editors' Choice 2015
BCCB Blue Ribbon 2015 As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans. In this memoir, she shows today's young readers what it means to fight nonviolently (even when the police are using violence, as in the Bloody Sunday protest) and how it felt to be part of changing American history. Straightforward and inspiring, this beautifully illustrated memoir brings readers into the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, complementing Common Core classroom learning and bringing history alive for young readers.
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 01/08/2015
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780803741232
Age: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 171644 / Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March
Award: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 11/24/2014
School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 132
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2015 pg. 98
Essence 02/01/2015 pg. 66
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2015 - Reviewed - More Editing Needed
Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 39
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2015
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2015 pg. 319 - Book Of Special Distinction
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 210 - Superior,Well Above Average
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2015 pg. 63
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2016 pg. 12
About the Author
Lynda Blackmon Lowery, the youngest person to take part in the whole Selma to Montgomery March, now works as a case manager at a mental health center, and still lives in Selma, Alabama. Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley have collaborated on several previous history and geography books for young people. Elspeth lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Susan lives in New York City. P J Loughran is an illustrator, creative director, and musician. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.
Kirkus Best Books of 2015
Booklist Editors' Choice 2015
BCCB Blue Ribbon 2015 As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans. In this memoir, she shows today's young readers what it means to fight nonviolently (even when the police are using violence, as in the Bloody Sunday protest) and how it felt to be part of changing American history. Straightforward and inspiring, this beautifully illustrated memoir brings readers into the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, complementing Common Core classroom learning and bringing history alive for young readers.
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 01/08/2015
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780803741232
Age: Young Adult
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 171644 / Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March
Award: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 11/24/2014
School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 132
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2015 pg. 98
Essence 02/01/2015 pg. 66
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2015 - Reviewed - More Editing Needed
Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 39
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2015
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2015 pg. 319 - Book Of Special Distinction
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 210 - Superior,Well Above Average
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2015 pg. 63
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2016 pg. 12
About the Author
Lynda Blackmon Lowery, the youngest person to take part in the whole Selma to Montgomery March, now works as a case manager at a mental health center, and still lives in Selma, Alabama. Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley have collaborated on several previous history and geography books for young people. Elspeth lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Susan lives in New York City. P J Loughran is an illustrator, creative director, and musician. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.