Joshua Wong: Student Activist for Democracy

by Linda Barghoorn

Book Overview

Joshua Wong was born in Hong Kong less than one year before China took back control of the city from the United Kingdom. While the handover was peaceful, Hong Kong's citizens lost their right to fully democratic elections. Joshua's leadership as an activist came to international attention in 2014, during pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The protest became known as the Umbrella Movement. Although Joshua and his student organization called Scholarism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778748731
• ISBN13: 9780778748731
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5