Because of You, John Lewis (Pinkney Andrea Davis)(Pevná vazba) - diskuze

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

Ten-year-old Tybre Faw is obsessed with history and the civil rights movement, and he devours every book he can find on the subject. When he learns of Congressman John Lewis's harrowing and 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. And as the two meet and become fast friends, Tybre joins Lewis for the annual walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge

When John Lewis is laid to rest, Tybre is invited to read Lewis's favorite poem, Invictus, at the funeral service. Pinkney weaves this story of a
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