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Fight to learn : the struggle to go to school / Laura Scandiffio.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : Annick Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: viii, 168 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781554517985
  • 1554517982
  • 9781554517978
  • 1554517974
Other title:
  • Struggle to go to school
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Poverty -- Discrimination -- Violence -- Protest movements.
Summary: "For many children around the world, getting an education is only a distant dream. War, poverty, discrimination, and violence are seemingly insurmountable obstacles to going to school. But there is hope. Fight to Learn presents the uplifting stories of the incredible people whose vision and drive have made the dream of education come true for many." -- Back cover.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 379.26 S283 Available 33111008590537
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The heroic efforts of people fighting for children's right to an education.

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.

Fight to Learn highlights people such as Okello, a former child soldier in Uganda, who founded a school for children like him whose education was derailed by war; Chicago teen Deonte Tanner, who changed one high school's culture from guns and gangs to talking and learning; Shannen Koostachin, a feisty 13-year-old Cree whose fight for the right of First Nations children to have proper schools endured even after her untimely death.

The 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 a cause you believe in.

Text in English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-161) and index.

"For many children around the world, getting an education is only a distant dream. War, poverty, discrimination, and violence are seemingly insurmountable obstacles to going to school. But there is hope. Fight to Learn presents the uplifting stories of the incredible people whose vision and drive have made the dream of education come true for many." -- Back cover.

Poverty -- Discrimination -- Violence -- Protest movements.

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