The Horn Book Guide

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Lewis, John , Aydin, Andrew

March: Book Three

254 pp. | Top Shelf | August, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-60309-402-3 $19.99

(1) YA Illustrated by Nate Powell. This final volume includes the expected and necessary set pieces from the civil rights movement, culminating, finally, with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But the smaller, lesser-known moments of violence, injustice, and helplessness are no less painful than these major events to read about, and Lewis recalls them with intimate familiarity and bracing honesty. Powell's kinetic, fluid black-and-white illustrations underscore the period's brutality.

Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2016