{"product_id":"freedom-riders-isbn-9780792241737","title":"Freedom Riders","description":"\u003ci\u003eFreedom Riders\u003c\/i\u003e compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis and James Zwerg in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our nation's past. It shows how a common interest in justice created the convergent path that enabled these young men to meet as Freedom Riders on a bus journey south. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo other book on the Freedom Riders has used such a personal perspective. These two young men, empowered by their successes in the Nashville student movement, were among those who volunteered to continue the Freedom Rides after violence in Anniston, Alabama, left the original bus in flames with the riders injured and in retreat. Lewis and Zwerg joined the cause knowing their own fate could be equally harsh, if not worse. The journey they shared as freedom riders through the Deep South changed not only their own lives but our nation's history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNational Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.\u003cbr\u003eVisit www.natgeoed.org\/commoncore for more information.\u003cb\u003eAnn Bausum\u003c\/b\u003e writes about US history for young people. Her books consistently earn prominent national recognition. \u003ci\u003eDenied, Detained, Deported\u003c\/i\u003e was named the 2010 Carter G. Woodson Book Award winner at the secondary school level from the National Council for the Social Studies. \u003ci\u003eMuckrakers\u003c\/i\u003e earned the Golden Kite Award as best nonfiction book of the year from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. \u003ci\u003eFreedom Riders\u003c\/i\u003e gained the Robert F. Sibert Honor designation from the American Library Association, and \u003ci\u003eWith Courage and Cloth\u003c\/i\u003e received the Jane Addams Children's Book Award as the year's best book on social justice issues for older readers.","brand":"National Geographic Kids","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44862206148837,"sku":"NP9780792241737","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/freedom-riders-isbn-9780792241737","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}