Drawing the Vote

 

Tommy Jenkins has written an informative graphic novel with the history of voting and voting rights in the United States.  Voting rights issues have been debated by Congress since the Continental Congress era, even before the passage of our Constitution.  Originally, only white male land owners were allowed to vote.  Now we are fighting to keep the rights that were previously granted by earlier generations.  Much of the book is about the Trump era, the suffragette era and the civil rights era of the 1960s.  It is a sad judgment on my country.

The artwork was done by Kati Lacker.  She primarily used blue tones in her drawings but there are also red drawings.  Is there a red, white and blue theme here?  Drawing the Vote is Lacker's first graphic novel.

The book is well suited for young readers.  It gives the history of a topic that is current in our politics and is told in an easy to understand way.  Adults would likewise benefit.  5 out of 5 stars.