March Book Two

                                    March Book Two

Lexile Level: GN850L

            This book is a graphic novel that is a sequel to John Lewis’ March Book One. This book deals with similar themes like civil rights movements. His whole premise through this book is to create a movement through nonviolence. He becomes one of the biggest leaders through this movement. In this book they board a bus to the deep south. Lewis faces struggles that he has never experience before from beatings, and police brutality. This book shows the risk that Lewis took for this movement.
Is this a good story?
            I think this is a really powerful story that everyone should read. It shows what it is like to be an African American that time fighting for civil rights. This story is extraordinary and John Lewis does a great job of retelling it through the comics.

Are the factual and historical detail accurate?

            The historical details are accurate in this book. John Lewis recalls what he experiences throughout the civil rights movement.
What did the author want to tell me in the story? Was the theme worthwhile?
            I think the author wanted to tell me that about what it was actually like through the civil rights movement. I think getting this first-hand experience from John Lewis really helps this story move in a factual way. The theme of the story is worthwhile. I think the more you know about history the better.

Did the language throughout the book sound natural? When I read the book aloud did the characters’ sound like people talking?
            The language throughout the book sounded natural. The characters in the book were talking about some very serious situations, so the language in the book was serious. When I read the book aloud it does sound like a conversation between people.
            The authors include onomatopoeia like “screech” or “Whump”. The book does not include much more literally elements besides onomatopoeia, because this book is a nonfiction. This book deals with some very serious situations, so the text tells these situations just the way they are.

            Much like the first book the illustrations tell a powerful story. They are done in all black and white, and the show the character’s fear and hopefulness. The illustrations help move the book along, and really tells the story without needing any words.
            A mini lesson that I would have students do is a literature circle. Depending on the class, I would either come up with questions that they can choose to discuss, or I would have them come up with questions I would include the roles discussion director, summarizer, connector, illustrator, vocabulary enricher, and researcher. I think these roles can help students really understand the text. I would have 2 literature circles for this book, and I would have them students rotate positions in the literature circles.

Citation:
Lewis, J., Aydin, A. and Powell, N. (illustrator). 2015. March Book Two. Top Shelf Productions.