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Free the children : a young man's personal crusade against child labor, Craig Kielburger with Kevin Major
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- Summary
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- The Canadian teenager travels to Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Thailand to investigate child labor and abuse
- "In April 1995, twelve-year-old Craig Kielburger opened the daily paper and began to search for the comics page, as usual. But that day, his morning ritual was interrupted when an article about a boy his own age caught his eye." "It was the story of a Pakistani child who, at the age of four, was sold into slavery by his parents. For the next six years, he was shackled to a carpet loom, tying thousands upon thousands of tiny knots, twelve hours a day, six days a week. For this he was paid three cents a day. Amazingly, his will was never broken: he escaped and began efforts to reveal the horrors of child labor. But when this courageous twelve-year-old began to gain international attention, and Pakistani carpet manufacturers began to lose orders, he was shot and killed." "That morning, Craig's life was changed forever. To find out more about child labor, he contacted human rights organizations around the world, and with a small band of his friends from school he formed Free the Children - his own human rights organization." "Soon Craig decided that he had to see firsthand the working conditions of South Asian children. At the time he was not even allowed to take the subway alone, but he convinced his reluctant parents to let him fly halfway around the world. For seven weeks, in the company of a human rights worker named Alam Rahman, Craig journeyed through the world of slums, sweatshops, and back alleys where so many of the children of South Asia live in servitude, often performing the most menial and dangerous of jobs." "In New Delhi and Islamabad he created a sensation - and learned something of the power of the media - when he famously crossed paths with Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who was touring Asia with the "Team Canada" trade mission. By the time Craig returned home, he and the young people of Free the Children had gained an international profile."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 318 pages
- Contents
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- Delhi
- Karachi and Islamabad
- Lahore
- Madras
- Sivakasi
- Cochin and Bombay
- Thornhill and Beyond
- What Is Childhood?
- Thornhill
- Toronto
- Dhaka
- Back to Dhaka
- Bangkok
- Calcutta
- Kathmandu
- Varanasi
- Isbn
- 9780060930653
- Label
- Free the children : a young man's personal crusade against child labor
- Title
- Free the children
- Title remainder
- a young man's personal crusade against child labor
- Statement of responsibility
- Craig Kielburger with Kevin Major
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- The Canadian teenager travels to Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Thailand to investigate child labor and abuse
- "In April 1995, twelve-year-old Craig Kielburger opened the daily paper and began to search for the comics page, as usual. But that day, his morning ritual was interrupted when an article about a boy his own age caught his eye." "It was the story of a Pakistani child who, at the age of four, was sold into slavery by his parents. For the next six years, he was shackled to a carpet loom, tying thousands upon thousands of tiny knots, twelve hours a day, six days a week. For this he was paid three cents a day. Amazingly, his will was never broken: he escaped and began efforts to reveal the horrors of child labor. But when this courageous twelve-year-old began to gain international attention, and Pakistani carpet manufacturers began to lose orders, he was shot and killed." "That morning, Craig's life was changed forever. To find out more about child labor, he contacted human rights organizations around the world, and with a small band of his friends from school he formed Free the Children - his own human rights organization." "Soon Craig decided that he had to see firsthand the working conditions of South Asian children. At the time he was not even allowed to take the subway alone, but he convinced his reluctant parents to let him fly halfway around the world. For seven weeks, in the company of a human rights worker named Alam Rahman, Craig journeyed through the world of slums, sweatshops, and back alleys where so many of the children of South Asia live in servitude, often performing the most menial and dangerous of jobs." "In New Delhi and Islamabad he created a sensation - and learned something of the power of the media - when he famously crossed paths with Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who was touring Asia with the "Team Canada" trade mission. By the time Craig returned home, he and the young people of Free the Children had gained an international profile."--BOOK JACKET
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 232363
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kielburger, Craig
- Dewey number
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- 331.3/1/092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HD6231.K53
- LC item number
- A3 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Major, Kevin
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kielburger, Craig
- Kielburger, Craig
- Social reformers
- Child labor
- Children's rights
- Child labor
- Children's rights
- Social reformers
- Canada
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a young man fights against child labor and proves that children can change the world
- Label
- Free the children : a young man's personal crusade against child labor, Craig Kielburger with Kevin Major
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Delhi
- Karachi and Islamabad
- Lahore
- Madras
- Sivakasi
- Cochin and Bombay
- Thornhill and Beyond
- What Is Childhood?
- Thornhill
- Toronto
- Dhaka
- Back to Dhaka
- Bangkok
- Calcutta
- Kathmandu
- Varanasi
- Control code
- ocm40043533
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 318 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060930653
- Lccn
- 98042653
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)40043533
- (Sirsi) a105438
- Label
- Free the children : a young man's personal crusade against child labor, Craig Kielburger with Kevin Major
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Delhi
- Karachi and Islamabad
- Lahore
- Madras
- Sivakasi
- Cochin and Bombay
- Thornhill and Beyond
- What Is Childhood?
- Thornhill
- Toronto
- Dhaka
- Back to Dhaka
- Bangkok
- Calcutta
- Kathmandu
- Varanasi
- Control code
- ocm40043533
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 318 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060930653
- Lccn
- 98042653
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)40043533
- (Sirsi) a105438
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