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Title:

Free? : stories celebrating human rights / Amnesty International.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 202 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Short stories.
Human rights--Juvenile fiction.
Short stories.
Human rights--Fiction.
Freedom--Fiction.
United Nations.--General Assembly.--Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Other Authors:

Amnesty International.

Contents:

No trumpets needed / Michael Morpurgo. School slave / Theresa Breslin -- Scout's honour / Sarah Mussi -- Sarsaparilla / Ursula Dubosarsky -- After the hurricane / Rita Williams-Garcia -- If only Papa hadn't danced / Patricia McCormick -- Prince Francis / Roddy Doyle -- Uncle Meena / Ibtisam Barakat -- Searching for a two-way street / Malorie Blackman -- Setting words free / Margaret Mahy -- Jojo learns to dance / Meja Mwangi -- Wherever I lay down my head / Jamila Gavin -- Christopher / Eoin Colfer -- No trumpets needed / Michael Morpurgo.

Summary:

An anthology of fourteen stories by young adult authors from around the world, on such themes as asylum, law, education, and faith, compiled in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

ISBN:

0763649260 (pbk.)
9780763649265 (pbk.)
0763647039
9780763647032

OCLC:

(OCoLC)319318895

LCCN:

2009014720

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

NIPA553 -- Fenton Public Library (Fenton)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)