Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
Also known as Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
A book for ages 10 and up about Lynda Blackmon Lowery
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- A book about Lynda Blackmon Lowery, by Lynda Blackmon Lowery.
Why it matters
- For families listening together with children aged 10 and up.
Key facts
- Ages
- 10 and up; Common Sense Media 10+ (publisher 12-18)1
- Audiobook read by
- Damaras Obi2
- Audiobook length
- 1 h 1 min2
- Published
- 2015, Dial1
- Award
- Sibert Honor 20163
- Content to know about
- Beatings of children and adults (blood, stitches), people shot and killed, Bloody Sunday photos, police tear gas; racial slurs referred to but not written out.1
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Written by
- Lynda Blackmon Lowery
Links
Sources
- Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March: age range and content (Common Sense Media) (opens commonsensemedia.org)
- Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March: audiobook (Penguin Random House) (opens penguinrandomhouse.com)
- Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March: award (en.wikipedia.org) (opens en.wikipedia.org)
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