Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
written by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley, illustrated by PJ Loughran, and published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
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“By the time I was fifteen years old, I had been in jail nine times.” So begins Lowery’s highly personal account of the historic 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery. Revealing a dramatic story with diverse visual images, this heroic tale gives voice to activists participating in Civil Rights history.
Awards Won
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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
91´«Ã½The Sibert Award honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children’s literature.
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2016 - Honor(s) |
