TURNING 15 ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM

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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom tells the moving, true story of Lynda Blackmon, one of the youngest participants in the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965.  Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. to secure the right to vote for African-Americans.Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom tells the moving, true story of Lynda Blackmon, one of the youngest participants in the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965.  Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. to secure the right to vote for African-Americans.

Awards and Honors for the book

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2018 Nominated for the Georgia Children’s Book Award

2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book

2016 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner, Older Children

2016 Amelia Bloomer List, Middle Grade–Nonfiction

Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015, Teen

Booklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015

Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Older Readers

Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2015, Nonfiction

ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers

Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers

2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 6–8

2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events

2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Nonfiction