Includes index. Troublemaker -- A new home -- Growing up fast -- Getting an education -- Fighting for a cause -- Revolutionary thoughts -- Raising the stakes -- Life behind bars -- Freedom -- Revolutionary ideals -- Shifting gears -- Remembered. Describes the life and accomplishments of the South African activist and politician who opposed apartheid and became the country's first black head of state after being imprisoned for twenty-seven years.

1. Mandela, Nelson, -- 1918-2013 -- Juvenile literature.; 2. Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; 3. Anti-apartheid activists -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; 4. Mandela, Nelson, -- 1918-2013.; 5. Presidents.; 6. Anti-apartheid activists.; 7. Politics and government.; 8. South Africa.; 9. Since 1994; 10. Biography.; 11. Juvenile works.; 12. Biographies.;