Free the Children: A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves that Children Can Change the World Paperback - 1999
by Kielburger, Craig, Major, Kevin
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Details
- Title Free the Children: A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves that Children Can Change the World
- Author Kielburger, Craig, Major, Kevin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-11-17
- Features Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # WAL-R-1a-01322
- ISBN 9780060930653 / 0060930659
- Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.28 x 0.82 in (20.42 x 13.41 x 2.08 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Developing World
- Library of Congress subjects Child labor, Children's rights
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99045055
- Dewey Decimal Code B
From the rear cover
Here is the dramatic and moving story of one child's transformation from a normal, middle-class kid from the suburbs to an activist, fighting against child labor on the world stage of international human rights.
Making headlines around the globe, Graig Keilburger and his organization, Free the Children, which he founded at the age of twelve, have brought unprecedented attention to the worldwide abuse of children's rights. Free the Childrenis a passionate and astounding story and a moving testament to the power that children and young adults have to change the world, as witnessed through the achievements of one remarkable young man.
