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Yes We Can
Contributor(s): Thomas, Garen (Author)

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ISBN: 0312586396     ISBN-13: 9780312586393
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Political
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Presidents & First Families (u.s.)
Dewey: B
Age Level: 10-13
Grade Level: 5-8
Lexile Measure: 1200(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" L (0.45 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Catalog Heading - Biographies
- Curriculum Strand - Biographies
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2009 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 08/01/2009 pg. 128
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 123751
Reading Level: 8.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:

The great American leader uses his voice to change history, alter politics, and bring hope of a brighter future to generations to come.

Born in the U.S.A., the son of an African father and an American mother, a boy who spent his childhood in Indonesia and Hawaii, Barack Obama is truly a citizen of the world. In kindergarten, he wrote an essay titled, I Want to Become President, and now, with his fierce optimism, exuberant sense of purpose and determination, and above all, his belief that change can happen, Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the United States, has made that dream come true.

In Yes We Can, Garen Thomas takes us through the life of Barack Obama, from his struggle to fit in with his classmates, and concern about not knowing his biological father, through his term as an Illinois senator, and the long campaign for president, to his historic victory.


Contributor Bio(s): Thomas, Garen: - Garen Thomas worked as an editor in children's book publishing for more than a decade, editing numerous notable children's picture books and novels, including Carole Boston Weatherford's Caldecott Honor Book Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson; Nelson's We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball; and the Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue, by Julius Lester. She continues to act as a consultant and children's books editor on a freelance basis while working on her own writing and film projects. She holds an A.B. from Harvard University.
 
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