Summary
Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education, created a film that chronicled the stories of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty. Now, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone deftly uses new research to illum... Full description
Summary: |
Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education, created a film that chronicled the stories of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty. Now, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone deftly uses new research to illuminate the dramatic facts behind the film, focusing both on the girls captured on camera and many others. |
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Physical Description: |
193 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Audience: |
Age 12-up. Grade 9 to 12. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-174) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780553511468 (trade : alk. paper) 0553511467 (trade : alk. paper) 9780553511475 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 0553511475 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 9780553511499 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0553511491 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Author Notes: |
Tanya Lee Stone studied English at Oberlin College and was an editor of children's nonfiction for many years. She also has a Masters Degree. She teaches writing at Champlain College. After many years as an editor. Tanya moved to Vermont and returned to writing. This award-winning author has written titles that include the young adult novel, A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl, Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald , picture books Elizabeth Leads the Way, Sandy's Circus, and Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? She has also written narrative nonfiction with her titles: Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, and The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie. In 2014 her title, Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |