Author/Illustrator: Demi
Format: Hardcover
Published: Simon & Schuster, 2001

Lavish, traditionally-styled paintings and comprehensive text trace Gandhi's development from skinny, fearful boy into "the father of India." Readers may be surprised to learn that Gandhi was a poor student who barely graduated from high school. But his education in London combined with a spiritual awakening that inspired him to live as simply as possible helped mold him into the Gandhi of legend. While working in South Africa, Gandhi lead his first nonviolent mass resistance, demanding civil rights for blacks and Indians. He returned to India determined to achieve India's independence from Britain and abolish the caste system. Demi presents a condensed version of the struggle for Indian independence, including the famous Salt March, and a brief explanation of Partition and Gandhi's assassination. Gandhi serves as a beautiful introduction to a great man and an vital time in history.