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Becoming RBG

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice

Illustrated by Whitney Gardner
LIST PRICE $19.99

About The Book

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a modern feminist icon—a leader in the fight for equal treatment of girls and women in society and the workplace. She blazed trails to the peaks of the male-centric worlds of education and law, where women had rarely risen before.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has often said that true and lasting change in society and law is accomplished slowly, one step at a time. This is how she has evolved, too. Step by step, the shy little girl became a child who questioned unfairness, who became a student who persisted despite obstacles, who became an advocate who resisted injustice, who became a judge who revered the rule of law, who became…RBG.

About The Author

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Debbie Levy is the award-winning author of many books of nonfiction and fiction, including the New York Times bestseller I Dissent, This Promise of Change, The Year of Goodbyes, and the young adult novel Imperfect Spiral. She lives in Maryland with her husband. They have two grown sons.

About The Illustrator

Photograph by Whitney Gardner

Whitney Gardner is an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She started drawing stick figures in second grade and somehow no one’s been able to stop her. If there’s ever a moment when she isn’t drawing, she’s likely to be found rolling twenty-sided dice. Her favorite color is yellow. She is the author of the YA novels You’re Welcome, Universe and Chaotic Good, as well as the creator of Fake Blood, Long Distance, and Free Piano (Not Haunted) and the illustrator for Debbie Levy’s Becoming RBG and Stephanie Cooke’s The Racc Pack series.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (November 5, 2019)
  • Length: 208 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781534424562
  • Grades: 5 and up
  • Ages: 10 - 99
  • Lexile ® GN910L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®

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"Enlightening, inspiring, and empowering."

– Kirkus Reviews

Awards and Honors

  • Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Nominee (MD)
  • ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens
  • Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List (TX)
  • Just One More Page Recommendation List
  • Beehive Award Nominee
  • Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List
  • Arkansas Teen Book Award Master list

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