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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Contributor(s): Lowery, Lynda Blackmon (Author), Leacock, Elspeth (With), Buckley, Susan (With)

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ISBN: 0803741235 ISBN-13: 9780803741232
Publisher: Dial Books

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2015

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists

Dewey: 323.119

LCCN: 2013047316

Age Level: 12-UP

Grade Level: 7-UP

Lexile Measure: 780(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" L (0.95 lbs) 128 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation - African American

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor Book, Children's Book, 2016

Review Citations: 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

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 171644
Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
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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