Because of you, John Lewis : the true story of a remarkable friendship

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Because of you, John Lewis : the true story of a remarkable friendship

Title remainder

the true story of a remarkable friendship

Statement of responsibility

by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Keith Henry Brown

Creator

• truePinkney, Andrea Davis

Contributor

• Brown, Keith Henry

Author

• truePinkney, Andrea Davis

Illustrator

• Brown, Keith Henry

Subject

• African American civil rights workers -- Juvenile literature
• trueAfrican American history
• trueAfrican American legislators
• African American legislators -- Juvenile literature
• African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History
• African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History
• Biographies
• trueCivil Rights Movement
• trueCivil rights
• Civil rights movement -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Creative nonfiction
• trueFriendship
• Friendship -- Juvenile literature
• trueIntergenerational friendship
• Lewis, John, 1940-2020 -- Juvenile literature
• Picture books
• Faw, Tybre -- Juvenile literature
• trueAfrican American civil rights workers

Genre

• Picture books
• Creative nonfiction
• Biographies
• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

"When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote -- 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. Both John Lewis and Martin Luther King, Jr. have left indelible marks on future generations. Will Tybre be next to carry the mantle?"--

Tone

• trueInspiring

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

NJQ/DLC

Dewey number

323.1/1960730092

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Ages 4-8
• Grades 2-3

Intended audience source

• Scholastic Press
• Scholastic Press

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 1
• 5

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile