![]() First the family must trade in their fine foreign-made clothes for homespun cotton, so Anjali has to give up her prettiest belongings. And with this change comes many more adjustments designed to improve their country and use "ahimsa"-non-violent resistance-to stand up to the British government. ![]() But it turns out he isn't the one joining. ![]() sks for one member of each family to join the fight for independence from the British, and when Anjali's mother is jailed for doing so, Anjali must step out of her comfort zone to take over her mother's work.In 1942, when Mahatma Gandhi asks Indians to give one family member to the freedom movement, ten-year-old Anjali is devastated to think of her father risking his life for the freedom struggle. ![]() New Visions Award Winner, Tu Books Amelia Bloomer Project - Feminist Task Force, American Library Association (ALA) Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, National Council for the Social Studies/ Children's Book CouncilIn this historical middle-grade novel, Gandhi a. ![]()
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