I am Gandhi, Brad Meltzer
I am Gandhi, Brad Meltzer
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I am Gandhi

Author: Brad Meltzer

Narrator: Rajiv Surendra, Various

Unabridged: 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2019


Synopsis

Gandhi's peaceful revolution is the focus of this audiobook, part of the inspiring New York Times bestselling biography series about heroes.

As a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. Refusing to accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant way to fight back through quiet, peaceful protest. He took his methods with him from South Africa back to India, where he led a nonviolent revolution that freed his country from British rule. Through his calm, steady heroism, Gandhi changed everything for India and inspired civil rights movements all over the world, proving that the smallest of us can be the most powerful.

This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great—the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest children and that always includes the hero's childhood influences.

About Brad Meltzer

As a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Brad Meltzer has led a very full personal and professional life. He is one of those rare authors who have been quite successful in different genres of writing. He has had success in fiction, non-fiction, advice, and comics. It must be very satisfying to be so diversified as a writer. He graduated from Columbia Law School and was selected to the Columbia Law Review.

His works of fiction encompass: The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate, The Millionaires, The President's Shadow, and his latest, The Escape Artist. Non-Fiction: History Decoded, Advice (Heroes for My Son..... Heroes for My Daughter), Children's books: I Am Amelia Earhart and I Am Abraham Lincoln, and comics: Justice League of America.

Meltzer is host of Brad Meltzer's Last History on H2 and Brad Meltzer's Decoded on the History Channel. As if that is not enough, he was also responsible for helping find the missing 9/11 flag that was raised by the firefighters at Ground Zero. Using his tv show, he had a former Marine walk in to return the flag. It is now in the 9/11 Museum in New York City.

Meltzer is very attuned to his research, so that fictional books have elements of authenticity. He even had former President's Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush give him advice. He has also participated in Homeland Security round table discussions. There are very few, if any, American authors as diversified as Brad Meltzer.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jasmine

I am Gandhi – Review & Blog Tour About: I Am Gandhi: A Graphic Biography of a Hero is a young adult graphic biography written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by 25 acclaimed artists listed by names above in bold font. It was recently published on 5/8/18 by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random Ho......more

Goodreads review by Calista

I saw the Ben Kingsley movie many years ago and my memory fades of it, but they show the story starting after he gets to India, I believe. I don’t remember that Gandhi started out in South Africa where he put his ideas into practice. There are so many things that Brad always brings out in these stor......more

Goodreads review by Jon

Excellent introduction to Gandhi for small children. So important for children to learn about the bigger world out there; I think that often Americans forget how much the rest of the word has influenced our ideas. This is a great series that will (hopefully) inspire children to read more about influ......more

This was such a powerful book. I don't even think I know where to begin to I'll discuss it in sections. Artwork: The artwork was beautiful and rich in color. I never really took into consideration the idea of the artist using warm colors as the backdrop of this story, but it worked so well. I even a......more

While this story was informative, I felt like there was too much packed in for the age group it's intended. I actually got bored with all the writing and skipped over some of the narrative. Gandhi was an interesting figure so it was nice to read about him.......more