Free to Learn: How Alfredo Lopez Fought for the Right to Go to School

Cynthia Levinson (Author) Mirelle Ortega (Illustrator)
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144267
Product Type: Hardcover Books
Age Groups: Ages 4 to 6, Ages 7 to 9

From the author of the award-winning The Youngest Marcher comes a picture book about the true story of Alfredo Lopez, an undocumented boy involved in a landmark Supreme Court case that still ensures children’s right to education today.

Alfredo Lopez has so many questions before starting second grade! Will his friends be in his class? Will his teacher speak Spanish? But then his parents tell him that he has to stay home, and Alfredo’s questions change. Why can’t he go to school with the other kids? And why is his family going to the courthouse?

In 1977, the school district of Tyler, Texas, informed parents that, unless they could provide proof of citizenship, they would have to pay for their children to attend public school. Four undocumented families fought back in a legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court. Alfredo was one of the students involved in Plyler v. Doe, which made a difference for children all over the country for years to come.

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SKU 144267
ISBN 9781665904278
Language English
Guided Reading Level O
Page Count 48
Product Type Hardcover Books
Book Type Picture Books
Additional Contributor Mirelle Ortega
Primary Contributor Cynthia Levinson
Age Groups Ages 4 to 6, Ages 7 to 9
Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers