{"product_id":"because-of-you-john-lewis-9781338759082","title":"Because of You, John Lewis","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring story of a friendship between Congressman John Lewis and ten-year-old activist Tybre Faw by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTybre'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!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 boy with a dream--with the story of a true-life hero (who himself was inspired by Martin Luther King when he was a boy).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho will be next to rise up and turn the page on history?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pinkney, Andrea Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scholastic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781338759082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40","brand":"Andrea Davis Pinkney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39735621681227,"sku":"9781338759082","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_2a965238-5483-4052-b808-fbff8f81127a.jpg?v=1649850227","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/because-of-you-john-lewis-9781338759082","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}