Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, 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.
Review Quotes: "A testament to the power we each have within us to stand up for what is right and to make the world a better and more just place."--Dan Sturman, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
"I was profoundly moved by Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom. This book left me breathless with its clear-eyed and thought-provoking accounts of what it meant to be a child on the front lines of the civil rights movement."--Jacqueline Woodson, Newbery Honor Winner and National Book Award Finalist
"Extraordinary--unlike any other book for young readers I've seen. Lowery's is a unique and essential voice in civil rights literature, and her stories of unfathomable courage are conveyed with wrenching clarity. Exquisite."
--Cynthia Levinson, author of We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March "Lynda Lowery is truly a hero of the civil rights movement--her story is touching and inspiring. All of us who treasure freedom and equal rights owe her our gratitude."
--Bill Guttentag, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker "Lynda Blackmon Lowery tells a compelling story; I hope it will be widely read, it's part of our American heritage."
--Joy Hakim, award-winning author of A History of US
"This inspiring personal story illuminates pivotal events in America's history."
--Booklist, starred review "Vivid details and the immediacy of Lowery's voice make this a valuable primary document as well as a pleasure to read."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review "One of those rare books that is genuinely accessible to a broad audience."
--BCCB, starred review
