Run: Book One

RUN, the Eisner Award-Winner for Best Graphic Memoir, is one of the most heralded books of the year including being named a:
New York Times Top 5 YA Books of the Year - Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Young Adult Library Services Association) - Washington Post Best Books of the Year - Variety Best Books of the Year - School Library Journal Best Books of the Year - Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year - Amazon Best History Book of 2021 - Top Ten Title of the Year (In the Margins Book Award) - In the Margins Book Award for Nonfiction winner - Top Ten Graphic Novels for Adults (American Library Association) - Best Books for Young Readers (U of Penn Graduate School of Education) - Books All Young Georgians Should Read (Georgia Center for the Book)

First you march, then you run. From the #1 bestselling, award-winning team behind March comes the first book in their new, groundbreaking graphic novel series, Run: Book One.

"Run recounts the lost history of what too often follows dramatic change--the pushback of those who refuse it and the resistance of those who believe change has not gone far enough. John Lewis's story has always been a complicated narrative of bravery, loss, and redemption, and Run gives vivid, energetic voice to a chapter of transformation in his young, already extraordinary life." -Stacey Abrams

"In sharing my story, it is my hope that a new generation will be inspired by Run to actively participate in the democratic process and help build a more perfect Union here in America." -Congressman John Lewis

The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series March--the continuation of the life story of John Lewis and the struggles seen across the United States after the Selma voting rights campaign.

To John Lewis, the civil rights movement came to an end with the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. But that was after more than five years as one of the preeminent figures of the movement, leading sit-in protests and fighting segregation on interstate busways as an original Freedom Rider. It was after becoming chairman of SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and being the youngest speaker at the March on Washington. It was after helping organize the Mississippi Freedom Summer and the ensuing delegate challenge at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. And after coleading the march from Selma to Montgomery on what became known as "Bloody Sunday." All too often, the depiction of history ends with a great victory. But John Lewis knew that victories are just the beginning. In Run: Book One, John Lewis and longtime collaborator Andrew Aydin reteam with Nate Powell--the award-winning illustrator of the March trilogy--and are joined by L. Fury--making an astonishing graphic novel debut--to tell this often overlooked chapter of civil rights history.

Author: John Lewis, Andrew Aydin
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 08/03/2021
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.00w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9781419730696

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 514311 / Run: Book One


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/31/2021
Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 59
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2021
Library Journal 08/01/2021 pg. 59
Shelf Awareness 08/03/2021
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2021 pg. 121
School Library Journal 09/01/2021 pg. 119
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2021

About the Author
Congressman John Lewis (1940-2020) was one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington and was the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic memoir series March. Andrew Aydin is an award-winning comics writer. He was the Digital Director and Policy Advisor to the late Georgia congressman John Lewis, and his co-author for March. He splits his time between Washington, D.C., and Hendersonville, NC. Visit andrewaydin.com for more information. Nate Powell is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning graphic novelist; his work includes the March trilogy, Rick Riordan's The Lost Hero, and Save It for Later. Powell is the first and only cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. L. Fury is a lifelong resident of Houston, Texas. After a stint in the gaming industry and then marketing, she shifted her sights to long-form comics, illustrating the unreleased Double Barrel Shogun. Run is Fury's first graphic novel.