An inspiring story of a friendship
Because of You, John Lewis Andrea Davis Pinkney
ISBN-13: 978-1-338-75908-2 • Price: $18.99 • Pages: 40 • Format: Hardcover Trim size: 8’’ x 11’’ • Carton: 20 • Territory: WORLD Stock Availability: US only Tybre's two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma. And as the two meet and become fast friends, Tybre joins Lewis for the annual walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge! When John Lewis is laid to rest, Tybre is invited to read Lewis's favorite poem, "Invictus," at the funeral service. Pinkney weaves this story of a boy with a dream--with the story of a true-life hero (who himself was inspired by Martin Luther King when he was a boy). Who will be next to rise up and turn the page on history? Ten-year-old Tybre Faw is obsessed with history and the civil rights movement, and he devours every book he can find on the subject. When he learns of Congressman John Lewis's harrowing and heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote, Tybre is determined to meet him.
*Artwork from A Black Panther Graphic Novel: Into the Heartlands
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