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Author:

Sundem, Garth.

Title:

Real kids, real stories, real change : courageous actions around the world / Garth Sundem ; foreword by Bethany Hamilton.

Publisher:

Free Spirit Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

ix, 165 p. : ill., col. maps ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Children--Juvenile literature.--Anecdotes--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.
Biography--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Child volunteers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Helping behavior in children--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Role models--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Sundem, Garth. Doggy dung disaster & other true stories.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165). Originally published as: The doggy dung disaster & other true stories. c2007.

Summary:

Presents true stories of children who achieved important things, such as an eleven-year-old who saved many lives because she knew the warning signs of a tsunami and a thirteen-year-old who lost her left arm but decided to keep surfing.

ISBN:

1575423502
9781575423500

OCLC:

(OCoLC)437300471

LCCN:

2009051966

Locations:

NPSX771 -- North Polk High School (Alleman)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

ZMPA437 -- Modale Public Library (Modale)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)