# Because of You, John Lewis

**Author:** Andrea Davis Pinkney
**Grade range:** Grades 3–5
**Age range:** 8–11
**First published:** 2023
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9781338759082`
**ISBN-10:** `1338759086`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-you-john-lewis
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

The true, inspiring story of the friendship between civil-rights icon and Congressman John Lewis and Tybre Faw, a ten-year-old activist who traveled to meet his hero and carry on his work. Andrea Davis Pinkney's grades 3-5 picture-book biography is a 2025-2026 Virginia Readers' Choice (Elementary) nominee.

## Themes

- courage
- history
- identity

## Where this book is assigned

### Virginia Readers' Choice

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice 2025-2026 Award Nominee Lists (Elementary + Middle School)](https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/instruction/english-reading-literacy/virginia-readers-choice)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice 2025-2026 Award Nominee Lists (Elementary + Middle School)](https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/instruction/english-reading-literacy/virginia-readers-choice)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice 2025-2026 Award Nominee Lists (Elementary + Middle School)](https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/instruction/english-reading-literacy/virginia-readers-choice)

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