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Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change: Courageous Actions Around the World
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Garth Sundem (Goodreads Author)
Eleven-year-old Tilly saved lives in Thailand by warning people that a tsunami was coming. Fifteen-year-old Malika fought against segregation in her Alabama town. Ten-year-old Jean-Dominic won a battle against pesticides—and the cancer they caused in his body. Six-year-old Ryan raised $800,000 to drill water wells in Africa. And twelve-year-old Haruka invented a new enviro
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Paperback, 176 pages
Published
February 1st 2010
by Free Spirit Publishing
(first published 2010)
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It's amazing what these people have been through. Or what they had been people before they passed on. I Would recommend this book to everyone because we should be grateful for our lives and how we haven't gone through things like this.
love it
This book is supposed to help kids relate to "heroes" closer to their own age. However, the book lacks photos and examples to go with each person's story. Each person's story in the book should have a photo of the person at or around the time that the main part of the action occurred. Further, with the stories involving art work, a comic strip, etc., there should be a picture of that as well.
Things that these people have done are truly amazing. However I can honestly say that it lacked pictures, more information, and it failed to keep me interested. This book was okay on the scale that it taught me about what other kids my age are doing but it also made me quite sad that people would just randomly die and there wasn't a soft closure into it. "He liked going to Starbucks, listening it movie soundtracks, and then he died in 2002"
This book is a collection of coming of age stories with kids and teenagers around the world have overcome obstacles or injury, age and race to be where they are today. I would use this as a supplement to a civics unit or even for a advisory reading. I could also see these stories as read alouds as inspiration for students.
Great stories for kids to read about other kids that have helped to change the world, whilethey are going through their own struggles as well! It shows the power of resilience and strength that we all posess!
Pretty good, wished it had a coupe more stories.
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Garth works at the intersection of math, science, and humor, with a background including a growing list of bestselling books, a Magna Cum Laude pre-med/music degree from Cornell University, and math-for-hire for mobile app and tech companies. In addition to conferences, colleges, and bookstores, you may have seen Garth's work on the Science Channel, where he's a frequent onscreen contributor, onli
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