A SIBERT INFORMATIONAL BOOK MEDAL HONOR BOOK Discover the power of youth activism in this moving memoir about the Civil Rights Movement, ideal for young readers interested in America's fight for equality.
"A testament to the power we each have within us to stand up for what is right and to make the world a better and more just place."-Dan Sturman, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
"This inspiring personal story illuminates pivotal events in America's history."-Booklist, starred review
Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lynda Blackmon Lowery refused to give up the fight for equal rights. She was the youngest marcher on the historic 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. She vowed to make a difference-and she did.
Lynda's story of overcoming terror and winning one of our nation's most important battles is eye-opening and inspiring-a memoir that brings us into the heart of the civil rights movement to offer compelling proof that young people can be heroes.
| ISBN: | 9780147512161 |
| Publication date: | 27th December 2016 |
| Author: | Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Susan Buckley |
| Illustrator: | PJ Loughran |
| Publisher: | Speak an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Genres: |
History Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance Children’s / Teenage social topics: Activism / activists Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography |
She was the youngest marcher on the historic 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. She vowed to make a difference-and she did.
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom features in the following genres: History, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Activism / activists, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography
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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom was written by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Susan Buckley and published by Speak an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom has 144 pages