LOCATION: St. Gabriel
D’ADAMO, FRANCESCO IQBAL
"You see, for Iqbal I was not invisible. I existed, and he made me free."
For Fatima and the other unseen children of Hussain Khan's carpet factory, Iqbal Masih's arrival is the end of hope and its beginning. It is Iqbal who tells them that their family's debt will never be cancelled, no matter how many inches of progress they make in their rugs, no matter how neat the knots or perfect the pattern. But it is also Iqbal who is brave enough to talk about the future. "Fatima," he promises, "next spring you and I are going to go and fly a kite. Remember that, whatever happens."
This is the story of the real Iqbal: a courageous thirteen-year-old boy who knew that his life was worth more than a rug, that chaining children to looms to work hours without rest was not right, and that there was a way to stop the abuse.
"You see, for Iqbal I was not invisible. I existed, and he made me free."
For Fatima and the other unseen children of Hussain Khan's carpet factory, Iqbal Masih's arrival is the end of hope and its beginning. It is Iqbal who tells them that their family's debt will never be cancelled, no matter how many inches of progress they make in their rugs, no matter how neat the knots or perfect the pattern. But it is also Iqbal who is brave enough to talk about the future. "Fatima," he promises, "next spring you and I are going to go and fly a kite. Remember that, whatever happens."
This is the story of the real Iqbal: a courageous thirteen-year-old boy who knew that his life was worth more than a rug, that chaining children to looms to work hours without rest was not right, and that there was a way to stop the abuse.
RL 4.0 GRL R
FRENCH, JACKIE HITLER’S DAUGHTER
When Anna starts her story about Heidi, ten-year-old Mark thinks that it is just going to be another one of Anna's tales. As the story unfolds though, Mark is gripped by the thought of what it must be like to be the young girl whose father is the infamous Hitler.
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When Anna starts her story about Heidi, ten-year-old Mark thinks that it is just going to be another one of Anna's tales. As the story unfolds though, Mark is gripped by the thought of what it must be like to be the young girl whose father is the infamous Hitler.
RL 4.2 GRL T
MULDER, MICHELLE MAGGIE AND THE CHOCOLATE WAR
Maggie has been saving her delivery-job money for weeks to buy her best friend, Jo, a chocolate bar for her birthday. It’s 1947, and while the war is over and ration tickets are gone, food prices are going up. Then it is announced that the price of chocolate is going up too – now Maggie can never afford to buy a chocolate bar! And neither can the other kids. Maggie and her friends leap into action and wage a strike against the price hike. But what can a bunch of kids do? More than you think?
Based on real events, Maggie and the Chocolate War is filled with photographs and newspaper documents covering an amazing historical moment that united children from British Columbia to the Atlantic coast.
SCWARTZ, ELLEN YOSSI’S GOAL 
Yossi Mendelsohn, a Jewish immigrant boy, works hard to help his poor family survive. Yossi longs to play "le hockey" with the French boys and decides to save for a pair of skates. His family is struggling in their new country and his father becomes very ill because of the poor working conditions. Yossi's sister and her fiancée organize a walkout at Mr. Steiner's sweatshop. Will Yossi be able to save enough in these difficult circumstances for his hockey dream to come true?
WINTHROP, ELIZABETH COUNTING ON GRACE
1910. Pownal, Vermont. At 12, Grace and her best friend Arthur must leave school and go to work as a “ doffers” on their mothers’ looms in the mill. Grace’ s mother is the best worker, fast and powerful, and Grace desperately wants to help her. But she’ s left handed and doffing is a right-handed job. Grace’ s every mistake costs her mother, and the family. She only feels capable on Sundays, when she and Arthur receive special lessons from their teacher. Together they write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in Pownal. A few weeks later a man with a camera shows up. It is the famous reformer Lewis Hine, undercover, collecting evidence for the Child Labor Board. Grace’ s brief acquaintance with Hine and the photos he takes of her are a gift that changes her sense of herself, her future, and her family’ s future.
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