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The Midnight Charter The Midnight Charter David Whitley "In the tower of Count Stelli in the ancient city-state of Agora, two children meet, apparently by chance. Mark has escaped the plague ravaging the city's slums. Lily is the servant who cares for him… OL15410991W
Slave Slave Mende Nazer This book is the true story of Mende Nazer, of her lost childhood and her fight for survival. As a young Sudanese girl, she was kidnapped and sold into slavery and only managed to escape to freedom i… OL15857903W
The hunted The hunted Rachel Lee The Hunted Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Open Preview The Hunted by Rachel Lee 3.48 · Rating details · 131 Ratings · 16 Reviews Her s… OL16062036W
The Tiffin The Tiffin Mahtab Narsimhan The dabbawallas of Mumbai deliver box lunches - called tiffins - to white collar workers all over the vast city. They are legendary for their near-perfect service: for every six million lunches sent,… OL16465408W
Hidden Girl Hidden Girl Shyima Hall This biography traces the life of Shyima Hall, a domestic slave smuggled from Egypt to Orange County by the family her parents sold her to at age eight. The coauthor is Lisa Wysocky. The author, S… OL19704682W
Grass Grass Keum Suk Gendry-Kim Grama é uma poderosa graphic novel antiguerra que narra a história real da sul-coreana Ok-sun Lee, vendida pela própria família na infância e forçada à escravidão sexual pelo Exército Imperial Japonê… OL20136304W
La voie de Zahra La voie de Zahra Sylvie Brien À la mort de son père, Zahra, dix ans, est confié à un riche oncle. La fillette, séparée de sa mère et de sa jeune soeur, n'est pas au bout de ses peines, puisque sa nouvelle famille la considère com… OL24838204W
The secrets of Heavenly The secrets of Heavenly Teresa I. Robison "Before Lincoln and the American Civil War, slavery is at its peak in South Carolina. A young slave girl named Willa suddenly arrives at Heavenly Plantation with her mother Heddie, destined to serve … OL24934784W
Malinali Malinali Vicki León "Young Malinali lives a contented life in a quiet Mayan village. Her father is a tribal chief, but after he dies, her stepfather sells her into slavery. Intelligent and quick, Malinali learns a new l… OL25070692W
Facing the monster Facing the monster Carol Metzker "An invisible, growing monster roams the streets, preying on millions of innocent victims in the United States and overseas. This monster is child slavery, and it is woven into the very fabric of our… OL26441300W
Not for Sale Not for Sale David B. Batstone,David Batstone Award-winning journalist David Batstone reveals the story of a new generation of 21st century abolitionists and their heroic campaign to put an end to human bondage. In his accessible and inspiring b… OL278229W
Ma vie d'esclave Ma vie d'esclave Mende Nazer Récit autobiographie d'une ex-esclave soudanaise, issue du peuple Nouba. Mende sera enlevée à douze ans pour être vendue à une famille de Khartoum. Ployant sous les coups et les brimades, la petite e… OL28766032W
Zhan huo zhong sheng Zhan huo zhong sheng Lauren Tarshis In1863, Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. OL28965245W
Hubert, le restavèk Hubert, le restavèk Gabriel Osson "Malgré que le phénomène des restavèks ait été officiellement aboli en 2003, des centaines de milliers d'enfants continuent d'être exploités et forcés à travailler dans des conditions sous-humaines d… OL32486696W
Not for sale Not for sale David B. Batstone Human trafficking generates $31 billion annually and enslaves 27 million people around the globe, half of them children under the age of eighteen. Award-winning journalist David Batstone, whom Bono c… OL4805542W
A Mercy A Mercy Toni Morrison,Jordi Fibla Feito A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize--winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier.In the 1680s the slave tra… OL50560W
The Hunted The Hunted Rachel Lee Her story sets off a violent spark.His investigation puts them in the line of fire.Journalist Erin McKenna is not only investigating a major defense contractor suspected of complicity in the internat… OL5697445W
Garden of the Purple Dragon Garden of the Purple Dragon Carole Wilkinson Ping is in hiding on the mountain slopes of Tai Shan, carrying out her promise to look after the baby purple dragon, Kai. But her peaceful life comes to an end when the imperial guards catch her, and… OL6073957W
Growing Up in Slavery Growing Up in Slavery Yuval Taylor Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and others describe what it was like to spend their childhoods and teenage years under slavery. OL8062133W