Profiles #6: Peace Warriors

ISBN-10: 054554016X
ISBN-13: 9780545540162
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages: 144
Language: English
Published: 2013-07-30
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney

Description

Meet six heroic social activists. The next book in our six-in-one, full-color bio series will focus on Peace Warriors. Featuring men and women who have worked passionately to pioneer peaceful solutions to violent conflicts throughout history. Our peace warriors will include Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Dorothy Day, and Ellen Sirleaf Johnson. Find out about their childhoods, where they went to school, what their families were like, and their major accomplishments. Six inspiring tales of courage and conviction.

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