Sit

by Deborah Ellis

Book Overview

The seated child. With a single powerful image, Deborah Ellis draws our attention to nine children and the situations they find themselves in, often through no fault of their own. In each story, a child makes a decision and takes action, be that a tiny gesture or a life-altering choice.

Jafar is a child laborer in a chair factory and longs to go to school. Sue sits on a swing as she and her brother wait to have a supervised visit with their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773061100
• ISBN13: 9781773061108
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8