Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words: Young Reader Edition - (In Their Own Words: Young Reader Edition) by Marta Evans & Hannah Masters (Hardcover)

About the Book

A collection of more than 200 quotes from Michelle Obama, author, lawyer, humanitarian, and the first Black woman to serve as First Lady of the United States of America, providing young readers a unique look into the mind of one of the most recognizable and influential women of our era. Part of the In Their Own Words: Young Reader Edition series.

Book Synopsis

Get inside the head of Michelle Obama: author, lawyer, humanitarian, and the trailblazing first Black woman to serve as First Lady of the United States.

This collection of quotes has been carefully curated from Michelle Obama's numerous public statements--interviews, books, social media posts, television appearances, and more. It's a comprehensive picture of her legacy as one of America's most recognizable and influential women, specifically geared toward middle and high school readers. The quotes in the collection touch on education, friendship and community, life lessons, America, the role of First Lady, making change, inequality and injustice, and more. This edition includes educational materials and resources for lesson plans designed to provoke discussion and thought for readers in grades 7-12 about Michelle Obama's ideas.

Michelle Obama has been challenging others' expectations since she was a young woman growing up on Chicago's South Side. When a high school counselor told her, "I'm not sure you're Princeton material," Obama graduated as the salutatorian and went off to Princeton anyway. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Obama spent several years as an attorney at a prestigious Chicago law firm before committing her efforts to public service and community outreach. When her husband, Barack Obama, was elected president in 2008, she began a new chapter of her life as the first Black woman to serve as First Lady of the United States of America. While always conscious of the unique pressures and difficulties of her role, Obama made it her mission to present her authentic self to the American people. Her pride in and openness about the aspects of her identity that made her unusual among First Ladies--including her race, working-class upbringing, career path, and educational achievement--made her a figure beloved by the general public.

Since emerging on the global stage, Obama has become a source of inspiration for young people all over the world, largely due to her engaging authenticity and candor. Now, Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words offers a unique look into the mind of one of the world's most influential women by collecting 200 of her most insightful quotes. Meticulously curated from interviews, speeches, statements, and other sources, Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words creates a comprehensive picture of Michelle Obama, her wisdom, and her legacy.

Special educational materials for classrooms are available from Agate Publishing.

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR AGATE B2'S NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES, IN THEIR OWN WORDS:

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"[Impatient Optimist] is like eating salted peanuts: Once you start reading, it's hard to stop." --Anne Fisher, CNN Money

"A new book revealing many of Steve Jobs' most illuminating quotes." --Lance Whitney, CNET

"A 160-page collection of quotes from the most iconic product pitchman since P.T. Barnum." --Ben Popper, The New York Observer BetaBeat blog

"A much better Jobs product is coming soon. It'll entertain you for hours, and no -- it is not a Jobs-branded iPad or anything similarly high-tech. It is, friends, an old-fashioned book!" --Hillary Reinsberg, Mogulite

"Inspirational reading pleasure." --Courtney Boyd Myers, The Next Web

"The kind of book that you read, think about, and then pass on to a friend or colleague. . . I learned a lot about Jobs' thinking process." --Allen Stern, CenterNetworks

"[Boy Billionaire] reveals the intimate thoughts and beliefs of the man who has arguably created one of the world's largest companies...and who is also one of the world's greatest social connectors." --Strategy Driven

"A short work to be dipped into for nuggets of business (or law firm) wisdom..." --Michael Roach, Law Technology News

About the Author

Marta Evans and Hannah Masters are editors living in Austin and Chicago, respectively.