Reviews for Mahatma Gandhi: A Spiritual Biography for Young People

The average rating for Mahatma Gandhi: A Spiritual Biography for Young People based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-06-04 00:00:00 Ross Powers The book I read was a biography about Harriet Tubman and her life and how she freed slaves by using a trail known as the underground railroad. She is a teenage slave who knows from the beginning things aren't right, so Harriet Tubman stands up for it. An example was that she let other slaves and people stay in her house with nothing in return. Another example is when she saw another man almost getting beat up, She fought for the slaves and against everyone else even though that might mean she could die, and she did this with non-violence and what she thought was right. Knowing Harriet Tubman she wanted to be free she found a secret way to get to safe city without being caught. When she was at the city she was able to live life there, she was even able to get married. Remembering her paths Harriet Tubman also wanted to help other slaves that were enslaved, so she went back. She was able to help many other slaves trying to get away. Harriet Tubman risked her life many many times to make sure other people were safe. This path that brought slaves from place to place was known as the underground railroad. I would give this book a 4 because it was a really good book, it was short, fast, and easy to read and kept me wanting to keep reading the book. I really liked hoe there was a fact box on some pages and nice pictures to describe the text and it gave good information about Harriet Tubman and her accomplishments. I also liked how it gave her background life before she was known as the underground railroad saver kinda and gave many cool text features, I would definitly recommend this book to anyone who needs a fast, easy, and short book and even be able to learn from it, and I really liked this book as a whole.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-05-15 00:00:00 Robert Pelzar With the film Harriet coming out, my spouse bought this used book from the Habitat for Humanity Restore to put out in our front-yard Little Free Library. I enjoyed reading this book to refresh my knowledge of Harriet Tubman from decades ago when I used to teach American Literature classes. This "Time for Kids" biography includes interesting black-and-white photographs of Tubman, slave life, and the Civil War years, as well as colorful contemporary drawings depicting events in her life. The story provides information about the amazing arc of Tubman's life, from her childhood duties as a slave through her Underground Railroad years and service as a nurse and scout to Union soldiers during the war, to her care for elderly African Americans in her own senior years. I found the layout, however, to be an ADHD distraction, with double-page spreads divided into several sections, photographs, sidebars, and a variety of fonts. But this would probably be enticing to elementary school kids in ways that it is not to a 61-year-old woman. The "Talking about Harriet" chapter at the end, featuring an interview with Christine King Farris, older sister of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is so generic as to be worthless. (When asked what Tubman and MLK had in common, Farris replied, "They were both leaders. Leaders are people who are not afraid to take a stand for what they believe." Nonetheless, this book provides a solid introduction to Harriet Tubman and informative background on slavery for younger children.