Kids+with+Courage

media type="youtube" key="gM9GbaSsUaE?rel=0" height="480" width="640" This amazing young lady is now an //Angel with Courage.// *wipe tear*


 * Did you ever stop to think about how much a kid could do to positively impact the world? I mean really, you don't even have a driver's license. You probably have a curfew. And...forbid it be true...you probably have (sigh) homework. Loads and loads of homework. So, are your hands tied? **


 * Learn about 18 young people and their sincere acts of kindness and fearless courage in this fast-reading book. **

**So, what is this book about? Well, I guess I can't say it better than this~**

From School Library Journal
Grade 5-10-- A companion to the author's well-received Kid's Guide to Social Action (Free Spirit, 1991). Lewis relates the stories of 18 young people who responded resourcefully and heroically to what they perceived as crisis situations. One died after saving his friend from drowning; another kept fighting to cleanse the environment while being treated for a fatal brain tumor. Other subjects include an ex-addict and runaway who counsels younger children against drugs and violence, and a girl who testified against her sexually abusive babysitter. A hearing-disabled youth reaches out to help others, and a boy gives his prized Nikes to a shoeless stranger on a cold night. Another chapter describes the efforts of a boy who defeated the plans of a developer to build on a wetland. The book is divided into four topics: crime, social action, heroism, and the environment. The young people here are of varied ethnic and economic backgrounds and live in many parts of the country. There is some condescension in the author's tone, which seems to be at odds with what is intended to be a serious work addressed to young people concerned about their world and its future. Also, the chapter structure is repetitive. However, the book is sure to provoke thought and discussion. --Libby K. White, Schenectady County Public Library, NY

So grab a copy of the book and get ready to get inspired!