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128 pp.
| Top Shelf |
August, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-1-60309-300-2$14.95
(1)
YA
Illustrated by
Nate Powell.
Congressman John Lewis--the last surviving member of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders--recounts his formative years in this first volume of a planned trilogy. The book opens on "Bloody Sunday" then fast-forwards to Barack Obama's January 2009 inauguration. The volume is well designed and the story expertly paced. Powell re-creates the time period vividly through his emotion-filled black-and-white art.
Reviewer: Sam Bloom
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2014