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Title details for Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery - Available

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

by Lynda Blackmon Lowery
Elspeth Leacock
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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.
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Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
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Kindle Book

  • Release date: January 8, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9780698151338
  • Release date: January 8, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9780698151338
  • File size: 27890 KB
  • Release date: January 8, 2015
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Kindle Book
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography History Sociology Young Adult Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.1
Lexile® Measure:780
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

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.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Sociology Young Adult Nonfiction