Up for Sale: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

by Alison Marie Behnke

Hardcover, 2014

Library's review

This informational resource details the trials of exploited people in contemporary times. It is a comprehensive work that includes voices of victims, important data, and powerful photography. Source Notes, Selected Bibliography, Further Information.

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Power-Authority-Governance, NCSS Standards Theme--Global Connections, NCSS Standards Theme--Civic Ideals and Practices, Contemporary Concerns, Reading Level-High (9-12)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Twenty-First Century Books (2014), 72 pages

Description

Describes human trafficking around the world, in which children and women are forced to work as prostitutes, debt slaves, household servants, and soldiers.

Awards

The Best Children's Books of the Year (2015)
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2015)

Language

English

Original language

English

Pages

72

Physical description

72 p.; 9.3 inches

ISBN

1467716111 / 9781467716116

DDC/MDS

306.3

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