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Lowery, Lynda Blackmon

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

127 pp. | Dial | January, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-4123-2 $19.99

(2) YA Illustrated by PJ Loughran. As told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley. As a teenager, Lowery heard Dr. King speak out for black voting rights; was beaten on "Bloody Sunday"; and marched from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Lowery's voice is consistently engaging and casual; period photos and boldly colored illustrations are integrated seamlessly into the design. An epilogue--"Why Voting Rights?"--explains the significance of the right to vote for African Americans.

Reviewer: Sam Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2015