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Gr 2-5 As she did in Buddha (1995) and The Dalai Lama (1998, both Holt), Demi depicts a life with significant spiritual and humanitarian dimensions. She focuses on the social and political goals of Gandhi's actions, but only after she presents the somewhat unlikely material out of which he fashioned a heroic version of himself. Insecure and unsuccessful, the young Gandhi also experienced prejudice firsthand. His central precepts, such as satyagraha ("the force of lov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Demi brings to her text of Gandhi the same deep respect and unqualified regard that she bestowed on the Dalai Lama (rev. 3/98). Her stylistic richness in this tale about another spiritual and political leader, far from violating Gandhi's commitment to a spare life, honors and celebrates it. Demi's signature gold is used with appropriate restraint. It decorates the bindings of several books that the gentlemanly Gandhi carries on a London street, the structure and wheels of the o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More