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Free?: Stories Celebrating Human Rights


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Published: 2012

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Great for age 10-18 years

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A celebration of human rights To commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Walker Books and Amnesty International have joined together to create a short-story collection for young adults, celebrating what it means to be free. Hosting a variety of talented children's authors from all around the globe, the anthology embraces such themes as asylum, law, education and faith in a way that will both inspire and entertain.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 11+ years.

This is a short story book. This book was published 2012 by Walker Books Ltd .

Roddy Doyle's adult novel, Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, a story about a ten-year old boy living Ireland, won Doyle the Booker Prize, the United Kingdom's greatest literary honor. Malorie Blackman was the 8th UK Children's Laureate and is one of the UK's highest profile authors for teenagers and young adults. She has won the Children's Book Award and a raft of other prizes and is the force behind the annual YALC event. Ibtisam Barakat is the author of Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood . She grew up in Palestine and is an educator, poet, and peace activist. She lives in Columbia, Missouri. David Almond has written many award-winning books including 'The Fire-Eaters', 'Skellig' and 'Kit's Wilderness'. He has won the Gold Smarties Award and the Carnegie Medal. Robert Dunbar said of Eoin Colfer's first novel, BENNY AND OMAR (an instant number one bestseller in Ireland), "A wonderful book, absolutely hilarious. " Patricia McCormick is a writer and teacher of creative writing. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Cut is her first novel. Ursula Dubosarsky 's books include The White Guinea Pig , The First Book of Samuel , Abyssinia , and many more. Authors featuring on this anthology include Margaret Mahy, Allan Ahlberg, Dick King-Smith, Adele Geras, Michael Rosen, Linda Allen and Vivian French Jamila Gavin used to be a concert pianist. She also worked for the BBC. She is now an award-winning writer. She has two grown-up children and lives in Stroud.

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