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Author:

Sundem, Garth.

Title:

Real kids, real stories, real character : choices that matter around the world / Garth Sundem.

Publisher:

Free Spirit Pub.,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

158 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Children--Juvenile literature.--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Courage--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Creative ability--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Diligence--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Children--Political activity--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Social action--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Altruism in children--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Conduct of life--Anecdotes.
Courage--Anecdotes.
Creative ability--Anecdotes.
Diligence--Anecdotes.
Political participation--Anecdotes.
Social action--Anecdotes.
Altruism--Anecdotes.
Children--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.
Children--Conduct of life--Anecdotes.
Courage--Anecdotes.
Creative ability--Anecdotes.
Perseverance--Anecdotes.
Children--Political activity--Anecdotes.
Social action--Anecdotes.
Children and altruism--Anecdotes.
Anecdotes.

Notes:

Includes index.

Summary:

Provides true accounts of ordinary kids showing extraordinary character. Thirty short stories are divided into six character traits (courage, creativity, kindness, persistence, resilience, and responsibility), and feature kids facing adversity from bullying in an American middle school to surviving persecution in the war-torn streets of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

ISBN:

1518147259
9781518147258
1631980262
9781631980268

LCCN:

2016016029

Locations:

EAPA384 -- Beaman Community Memorial Library (Beaman)

TAPB572 -- Fairfax Public Library (Fairfax)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

FEPB194 -- Lawler Public Library (Lawler)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

VBPC034 -- Postville Public Library (Postville)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)