John Lewis : Ready-to-Read Level 3

Get to know John Lewis, social justice activist and politician, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people ';you should meet!'

Meet John Lewis. When John Lewis was a teenager, he asked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown. From then on, John Lewis never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. He believed in getting into ';good trouble' for good causes, and became a Civil Rights activist and United States Representative. It's never too early to introduce readers to his concept of getting into ';good trouble,' and to get to know John Lewis.

A special section at the back of the book includes extras like information about other activists around the world, tips for how readers can get into ';good trouble' for causes they believe in, and more.