Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama

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.

Author: Garen Thomas
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 12/12/2008
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780312586393

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 123751 / Yes We Can: A Biography of Barack Obama


Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2009 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 08/01/2009 pg. 128

About the Author

GAREN THOMAS worked as an editor in children's book publishing for many years and is the author of Santa's Kwanzaa. She edited many notable children's books, including the Caldecott Honor Book Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson; Kadir 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 and is getting her M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

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