Thom Barthelmess (Booklist, Feb. 15, 2013 (Vol. 109, No. 12)) 
Starred Review* Seventeen civil rights leaders from around the world leap off the page,

animated in pulsing verse and vibrant imagery. Lewis gives voice to a variety of fighters,

including well-known activists like Mohandas Gandhi and Coretta Scott King, and less

familiar heroes such as Dennis James Banks and Sylvia Mendez, illuminating each with

poetic form, style, rhythm, and tone as individual as the subjects themselves. Mamie Carthan Till s elegy for her murdered son, Emmett, heaves with languid despair, while Aung San Suu Kyi s proclamation against Burmese tyranny crackles with ironic outrage. The diversity of images is similarly stunning, with some unlikely pairings of artist to activist resulting in extraordinarily moving depictions. John Parra s gentle portrait of Bangladeshi banker Muhammad Yunus glows with warmth and virtue, while Meilo So s smudgy likeness of slain politician Harvey Milk captures his determination and foreshadows his demise. Exquisite book design with hand-lettered titles and stanzas carefully off-kilter knits everything together with cohesive polish. While the individual portraits are impressive on their own, their juxtapositions express unmistakable equality, offering readers a profound understanding of both what it takes to stand up and what happens when we stand together.Grades 4-7 
(PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books (San Francisco:), PUBLISHED: c2013.)