In third grade, Barack Obama wrote an essay entitled, "I Want to Become
President" - and he is, to this day, determined to show the world that,
yes, he can.
Born in the USA, the son of an African father and an American mother, a
boy who spent his childhood in Indonesia and Hawaii, Barack Obama is
truly a citizen of the world. His campaign for the presidency is powered
by a fierce optimism, an exuberant sense of purpose and determination,
and, above all, a belief that change can happen.
Garen Thomas takes us through the life of Barack Obama, from his
struggle to fit in with his classmates and concern about not knowing his
biological father, through his term as Illinois senator, to his historic
and momentum-building run for president of the United States.
Barack Obama is a man who uses his words to inspire us. We can have a
better future. We can be whatever we want to be. Yes. We. Can.