Who Was Nelson Mandela?
by Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, and Stephen Marchesi • Part of the Who Was? What Was? Where Is? Series
As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2014
Word Count 7,751
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 850L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 165690
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- South Africa
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- South Africa--Politics and government--1948-1994--Juvenile literature
- Presidents--South Africa--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Africa
- Political prisoners
- Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Politics and government
- Mandela, Nelson
- Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Political
- Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013--Juvenile literature
- 1948-1994
- South Africa--Politics and government--1994---Juvenile literature
- 1994-
- Presidents
- Anti-apartheid activists
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Anti-apartheid movements
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