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.
