by Lynda Lowery Blackmon
as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley
illustrated by PJ Loughran
2015
Just in time for the 50th-anniversary, Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom shares the story of the youngest person to complete the momentous Selma to Montgomery March, describing her frequent imprisonments for her participation in nonviolent demonstrations and how she felt about her involvement in historic Civil Rights events. Winner of the 2016 Jane Adams Children's Book Award for older readers.