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A LIFE ELECTRIC

Julia Sardà Azadeh Westergaard

A Story of Nikola Tesla

A lyrical biography of the eccentric engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla.
In the middle of a storm, as lightning flashed, a special boy was born. Nikola Tesla was destined to electrify and change the world forever. Before Tesla designed modern electricity, he was a young boy in Serbia from humble beginnings who loved animals almost as much as inventions.

Tesla later experimented with X-rays, radar, remote controls, wireless communications, and the Tesla coil, and obtained over three hundred patents. His love of animals remained a constant in his life, and he became known as the "Pigeon Charmer of New York" for the care he devoted to nature's original wireless messengers. From his work with Thomas Edison to his illumination of the 1893 World's Fair, A Life Electric reveals the brilliant legacy of Nikola Tesla unlike ever before.

Azadeh Westergaard's stirring, lyrical debut brings compassion and humanity to the eccentric man who changed science and engineering forever. And esteemed illustrator Júlia Sardà deftly brings the "Wizard of Electricity" to life.


Azadeh Westergaard received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. A Life Electric is her debut. Originally from Iran, she lives in New York City with her family.
Júlia Sardà is an artist who has illustrated many books for children, including The Liszts by Kyo Maclear and Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey. Her work has been published around the world in many languages. She lives in Barcelona, Spain.
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Published 2021-07-27 by Viking

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Published 2021-07-27 by Viking

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A fine introduction, handsomely illustrated.

...Westergaard's lyrical text infuses Tesla's remarkable life with a fitting sense of wonder and whimsy, and Sardà's striking illustrations possess an old-fashioned flair, utilizing varied layouts and illuminations to animate Tesla's unusual story... An elegant and enlightening look at a man who brightened the whole world.

A luminous resource.

Chinese (simpl.): Citic ; Croatian: Profil ; French: Les Editions Des Elephants ; Greek: Kaktos ; Japanese: Hyoronsha

For both pleasure reading and report writing, this is a worthy introduction to a brilliant scientist whose contributions have often been overshadowed by the better-known Thomas -Edison.