| Fight to Learn: The Struggle to Go to School Contributor(s): Scandiffio, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 1554517974 ISBN-13: 9781554517978 Publisher: Annick Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | School & Education - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Homelessness & Poverty - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - General |
| Dewey: 306.43 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.4" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In many countries around the world, universal access to education is a seemingly unattainable dream; however, determined individuals with vision and drive have made this dream come true for many. This book highlights people such as Okello, a former child soldier in Uganda, who founded a school for children like himself whose education was derailed by war; Julia Bolton Holloway who realized that the only effective way to educate Roma children was to teach literacy to their parents at the same time; Shannen Koostachin, a passionate 13-year-old whose fight for the right of First Nations children to have proper schools endured even after her untimely death. These uplifting stories of people who were undeterred in their fight to bring education to children will leave young readers with excellent models of how to mobilize support when fighting for social justice. |