Free?; Stories Celebrating Human Rights

London, England: Walker Books, Ltd, 2009. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Good. Format is approximately 5 inches by 8 inches. 209, [12] pages. Illustrations. Photos of the Contributors at the back. Ink notations inside the front and back covers and on the half-title page. No marks to text noted. Marked Not for Resale. Includes Foreword by Jacqueline Wilson. Story titles are: Klaus Vogel and the Bad Lads; School Slave; Scout's Honour; Sarsaparilla; After the Hurricane; If Only Papa Hadn't Danced; Prince Francis; Uncle Meena; Searching for a Two-Way Street; Setting Words Free; Jojo Learns to Dance; Wherever I Lay Down My Head; Christopher; and No Trumpets Needed. This is a work of fiction. What does it mean to be free? Top authors donate their talents to explore the question in a compelling collection to benefit Amnesty International. A boy who thinks that school is "slavery" learns the true meaning of the word when he stumbles on a secret child-labor factory. A Palestinian boy, mute from trauma, releases kites over a wall to a hilltop settlement, each bearing a message of peace. This inspiring, engaging anthology gathers an international roster of authors to explore such themes as asylum, law, education, and faith — from a riveting tale of an attempt to find drinking water after Hurricane Katrina; to a chilling look at a future where microchips track every citizen's every move; to a hilarious police interrogation involving the London Tower, the Crown Jewels, and a Ghanaian boy with a passion for playing marbles. Features an introduction by British writer Jacqueline Wilson. With stories by: David Almond, Ibtisam Barakat, Malorie Blackman, Theresa Breslin, Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle, Ursula Dubosarsky, Jamila Gavin, Margaret Mahy, Patricia McCormick, Michael Morpurgo, Sarah Mussi, Meja Mwangi, and Rita Williams-Garcia. Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the United Kingdom focused on human rights. The stated mission of the organization is to campaign for "a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments." Amnesty International was founded in London in 1961, following the publication of the article "The Forgotten Prisoners" in The Observer on 28 May 1961, by the lawyer Peter Benenson. Amnesty draws attention to human rights abuses and it campaigns for compliance with international laws and standards.