Yes We Can - $4.54 - Thomas, Garen - 9780312586393

Yes We Can
A Biography of Barack Obama
Thomas, Garen
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
THIS IS OUR MOMENTThis is our timeto put people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truththat out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope; and where we are met with cynicism and doubt, and those who tell us that we cant, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.�� President Barack Obama, Acceptance Speech; Chicago, IL; November 4, 2008Born 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. 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.

AUTHOR BIO
GAREN THOMAS worked as an editor in children's book publishing for�many years and is the author of Santas Kwanzaa. She edited many notable childrens books, including the Caldecott Honor Book Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson; Kadir Nelsons 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 childrens books editor on a freelance basis while working on her own writing and film projects. She holds an A.B. from Harvard University and is getting her M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

BOOK REVIEWS
Praise for the New York Times-bestseller Yes We Can:�This Obama-friendly biography was first published in June and has been updated with 32 additional pages on his historic campaign and election...it's a useful, clearly written summary of an amazing story, both personally and politically. Garen Thomas, a children's book editor and author has done an admirable job"-- USA Today�A smoothly written account of the candidates life. People Magazine�Thomass clear prose will help students learn more about the first African American to gain a major party nomination for the presidency.School Library Journal�[An] adulatory profile of the presidential candidates meteoric rise.Booklist

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ISBN: 0312586396
ISBN(13-digit): 9780312586393
Dewey Decimal: 328.73/092
Library of Congress: bl2008032878
Book Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 206

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