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Girl rising : changing the world one girl at a time
Title:
Girl rising : changing the world one girl at a time
Author:
Stone, Tanya Lee, author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Childrens Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.

©2017
Physical Description:
193 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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.
Language:
English
Contents:
Why (and how) a film became a book -- The stakes -- The stories. Modern-day slavery ; Child marriage ; Limited access, or none at all -- The solutions. Can we change the world? ; Girls rising.
Reading Level:
Age 12-up.

Grade 9 to 12.
ISBN:
9780553511468

9780553511475

9780553511499
Format :
Book