Because of You, John Lewis

By Andrea Davis Pinkney, Keith Henry Brown (Illustrator)

A young activist meets a civil rights hero, forging an unexpected bond.

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40 pages· 1,478 words· Est. 12 min read-aloud

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Ten-year-old Tybre Faw, captivated by civil rights history, embarks on a journey to meet Congressman John Lewis. Their meeting in Selma sparks an extraordinary friendship, as Tybre joins Lewis in the iconic memorial walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. This inspiring tale of dreams and legacies asks: who will rise next to shape history?

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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, Alabama, where Lewis invites Tybre to join him in the annual memorial walk across the Bridge. And so begins a most amazing friendship! In rich, poetic language, Andrea Davis Pinkney weaves the true story of a boy with a dream–together with the story of a real-life hero (who himself had a life-altering friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was young!). Keith Henry Brown’s deeply affecting paintings bring this inspiring bond between a young activist and an elder congressman vividly to life. Who will be next to rise up and turn the page on history?

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