This is the story of John Lewis and Tybre Faw, a ten year old who wanted to meet his hero. The two became friends. This story weaves together both Lewis’ and Faw’s life, and explains what Lewis was fighting for. The author’s note at the end goes further and includes the poem Faw read at Lewis’s funeral. I especially liked how they traced Martin Luther King’s relationship to John Lewis to John Lewis’s relation to Tybre Faw. A good introduction to this aspect of the Civil Rights Movement.

Thank you to School Library Journal for sending me an ARC of this book.