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Who was Nelson Mandela? / by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.

Pollack, Pam, (author.). Belviso, Meg, (author.). Marchesi, Stephen, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Describes the life of the South African president and revolutionary, from his childhood and his work as a peaceful protestor to his twenty-seven-year imprisonment, his election as president, and his work to end apartheid in South Africa.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0606341587
  • ISBN: 9780448479330
  • ISBN: 9780606341585
  • ISBN: 9781480639201
  • ISBN: 9781484418703
  • Physical Description: 105 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Who is Nelson Mandela? -- Troublemaker -- City of light -- Apartheid -- The defiance campaign -- Sharpeville -- Underground -- Robben Island -- Free Mandela -- State of emergency -- President Mandela.
Target Audience Note:
850L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.9 1 165690.
Subject:
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 > Juvenile literature.
Anti-apartheid activists > Juvenile literature.
Anti-apartheid activists > South Africa > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Anti-apartheid movements > South Africa > Juvenile literature.
Political prisoners > Juvenile literature.
Political prisoners > South Africa > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Presidents > Juvenile literature.
Presidents > South Africa > Biography > Juvenile literature.
South Africa > Politics and government > 1948-1994 > Juvenile literature.
South Africa > Politics and government > 1994- > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 40 of 45 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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