Because of You, John Lewis

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1338759086
• ISBN13: 9781338759082
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.1" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 3