Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World
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Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World
By (Author) Uma Krishnaswami
Simon & Schuster
Atheneum
1st October 2021
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Politics and government
B
Physical Properties
Hardback
336
Width 191mm, Height 229mm, Spine 25mm
1086g
Description
Inviting and original. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Mohandas Gandhi and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. both shook and changed the world in their quest for peace among all people, but what threads connected these great activists together in their shared goal of social revolution
A lawyer and activist, tiny of stature with giant ideas, in British-ruled India at the beginning of the 20th century.
A minister from Georgia with a thunderous voice and hopes for peace at the height of the civil rights movement in America.
Born more than a half-century apart, with seemingly little in common except one shared wish, both would go on to be icons of peaceful resistance and human decency. Both preached love for all human beings, regardless of race or religion. Both believed that freedom and justice were won by not one, but many. Both met their ends in the most unpeaceful of waysassassination.
But what led them down the path of peace How did their experiences parallel...and diverge Threads of Peace keenly examines and celebrates these extraordinary activists lives, the threads that connect them, and the threads of peace they laid throughout the world, for us to pick up, and weave together.
Reviews
History has been carefully intertwined with the present in this engaging and reflective book. -- Kirkus Reviews, *STARRED REVIEW* * July 1, 2021 *
A reflective presentation that will inspire young peacemakers. -- Booklist *STARRED REVIEW* * August 1, 2021 *
An in-depth and well-researched volume that complements existing YA biographies on these two individuals by forging a little-known connection between American Black activism and the Indian nonviolent movement. -- School Library Journal * October 1, 2021 *
Author Bio
Uma Krishnaswami is the author of several books for children including The Grand Plan to Fix Everything and The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic. She was born in New Delhi, India, and now lives in British Columbia, Canada.
