{"product_id":"we-are-power-how-nonviolent-activism-changes-the-world-paperback","title":"We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTodd Hasak-Lowy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stirring look at nonviolent activism, from the fight for women's rights to the civil rights and climate change movements.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This inspiring 320-page book is a resource for exploration and learning for middle grade and YA readers. It includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are Power\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through key international movements as well as people such as Gandhi, Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and Václav Havel, this book discusses the components of nonviolent resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It answers the question \"Why nonviolence?\" by showing how nonviolent movements have succeeded again and again in a variety of ways, in all sorts of places, and in the face of overwhelming odds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nonviolence may have been the greatest invention of the twentieth century, more important than nuclear fission or genetic coding. It offers us the chance to build a working twenty-first century, and since young people will have to lead that fight, this book is a crucial gift!\" --Bill McKibben, climate activist and author of \u003ci\u003eFalter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd Hasak-Lowy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books for young readers. He is a professor of creative writing and literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His books include \u003ci\u003eMe Being Me Is Exactly as Insane as You Being You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e33 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e. Hasak-Lowy lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife and two daughters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333494182125,"sku":"9781419760105","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/347l8eFS-E9781419760105.webp?v=1784988081","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/we-are-power-how-nonviolent-activism-changes-the-world-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}