Meltzer, Brad I am Gandhi, illustrated by 25 different
artists. GRAPHIC NOVEL/NON-FICTION Dial Books (Penguin), 2018. $19. Content:
G.
Gandhi wasn’t a very good student
when he was little, but his father was a successful political leader with a good job. Gandhi went to London to become a lawyer, but
when he returned to India he found that he didn’t like arguing cases. He decided to move to South Africa and try
working as a lawyer there, but was surprised to find prejudice, discrimination
and injustice towards his fellow Indian people.
Gandhi gathered the Indian people and came up with an ideal called Satyagraha
in which his people would peacefully protest against their unfair
treatment. He lived out his life drawing
attention to prejudices through peaceful strikes or marches and his ideals
later inspired great leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is an interesting simplified biography of
Gandhi’s influential life. Each page
spread is illustrated by a different artist but all are very appealing and well
done. At the back of the book there is a
timeline and real photographs from Gandhi’s life, as well as short biographies
about all the artists who contributed. I
do think the different kinds of art caused some inconsistency and distraction
to the timeline of the story, but the art is expressive enough that it tells
the story in its own way.
EL, MS –
ESSENTIAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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