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Childhood Regained: Canadian Schools Edition Paperback – Aug. 25 2016

by Jodie Renner (Author), E. M. Eastick (Author), Eileen Hopkins (Author),

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Note: This is the CANADIAN SCHOOLS EDITION of Childhood Regained - Stories of Hope for Asian Child Workers. Look for the CANADIAN TEACHERS' GUIDE, as well as STUDENT EDITIONS for: Grades 4-6, Grades 6-8, and Grades 7-9. These eye-opening but hopeful stories and a poem bring to life some of the situations faced by millions of young children working long hours in factories, mines, and quarries, and on city streets and commercial farms in Asia. This book also includes study questions and answers for each story, brief factual information on conditions in various industries in South Asia, a glossary, and information on charitable organizations that are working to help these children. Educators: These captivating fictional stories, organized and edited by a former middle-grade teacher and teacher-librarian and told through the voices of Asian child workers in various situations, are the perfect medium to engage your students and help them gain awareness of the situations of many of their peers across the globe. These stories will make a valuable additional resource for any social studies program, especially for students aged 11 to 15. All net proceeds go to SOS Children's Villages Canada Contributors: D. Ansing, Della Barrett, Hazel Bennett, Edward Branley, Fern G.Z. Carr, Tom Combs, Sanjay Deshmukh, E.M. Eastick, Patricia Anne Elford, Lori Duffy Foster, Sarah Hausman, Barbara A. Hawley, Rayne Kaa Hedberg, Steve Hooley, Eileen Hopkins, Kym McNabney, Jodie Renner, Caroline Sciriha “Each well-researched story in Childhood Regained is told from the viewpoint of child workers, starting with the harsh realities of their lives and reaching hope-filled, satisfying conclusions. Young readers will be impacted by the unfamiliar worlds depicted in these transformative stories and may gain a new appreciation for all they have and a desire to help make a difference in the world. Highly recommended.” ~ Karen Autio, award-winning author of books for young readers “While journeying through Childhood Regained, my students have gained a higher level of empathy and increased global awareness. I am excited to share this important book and recommend it to other educators and students.” ~ Natalie Brown, grade 7 teacher, Emily Carr School, London, Ontario

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Publisher : Cobalt Books; 2 edition (Aug. 25 2016)
Language: : English
Paperback : 274 pages
ISBN-10 : 0993700470
ISBN-13 : 978-0993700477
Item Weight : 372 g
Dimensions : 15.24 x 1.57 x 22.86 cm

Best Sellers Rank: #3,022,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4,941 in Short Stories for Children
- #109,054 in Children's Books on Growing Up & the Facts of Life

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About the Author

JODIE RENNER, a former middle-school teacher and teacher-librarian with a master’s degree, is a sought-after fiction editor and award-winning author of three craft-of-writing guides, Captivate Your Readers, Fire up Your Fiction, and Writing a Killer Thriller. She has also published two handy, clickable e-resources for writers, editors, journalists, teachers, and students: Quick Clicks: Spelling List and Quick Clicks: Word Usage. Jodie has organized and edited two anthologies for charity, Childhood Regained and Voices from the Valleys – Stories & Poems about Life in BC’s Interior, published in November 2015, with proceeds to Doctors Without Borders Canada. Jodie Renner lives in Penticton, BC, Canada.

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MysteryReader

Informative, heart-wrenching, yet uplifting stories.

Reviewed in Canada on May 12, 2016

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Not only does this collection of stories raise one's awareness of the issues many children face in the world, the stories are beautifully written, some can be uplifting, and others definitely make one think. Renner has done a wonderful job compiling the stories into a collection well worth reading.

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Wonderful stories

Reviewed in Canada on June 18, 2016

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Creates a sense of hope

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Children demonstrate such resilience in the face of overwhelming adversity

Reviewed in Canada on May 18, 2016

Heartwarming; revealing; riveting - truly inspirational and interesting! I love that the proceeds go towards such a wonderful charity that could help children like the protagonists in the book, but it is the children's perspective on their own stories that gripped my interest from the beginning. Relating that to my own grandchildren I cannot comprehend how these children demonstrate such resilience in the face of overwhelming adversity. Truly worthy of your purchase. I recommend this for children 11 years old and up and, of course, adults everywhere!

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Childhood Regained- and important and educational teaching tool

Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2016

I have been reading the anthology, Childhood Regained, with my grade seven class. Although some of the subject matter has been a little disturbing, my students have been intrigued by the stories presented. This is mainly due to the fact that the stories are current and based on the real-life circumstances of children around the world, who are suffering and surviving conditions and crises that we, in Western society cannot even fathom, as a reality.

The school at which I teach has recently received an influx of Syrian newcomers, many of which do not speak any English, and therefore it is impossible for my students or myself to communicate with them to the extent to which we can even hope to understand what they must have experienced, and at such a young age. A book such as Childhood Regained, delivers the truth and does not spare us those unpleasant details that we find so difficult to face. I feel this is crucially important and instrumental in instilling compassion and awareness in our students,
especially in this day and age, when we are integrating people who have suffered trauma unimaginable, in relation to our reality.

A story that my students found particularly poignant, which demanded the attention of all, and which generated extensive thought and discussion was "Intahari, Confessions of a Suicide Bomber". It was so interesting to see how my grade seven students initially took it quite lightly and even amused themselves with some of the more graphic details of the story (the way they would while playing a video game or watching an
explicitly violent movie) until they realized that this story was based on current and real-life situations, situations that they have never and hopefully will never have to experience in their own life times. By the end of the story, feelings of anger, sadness and ultimately joy and relief were evoked. I actually witnessed them growing from the experience.

While journeying through the book, Childhood Regained, my students have gained a higher level of empathy and increased global awareness. I feel that this is a very important piece of literature and I am excited and driven to share and to recommend it to other educators and students.

Natalie Brown
Grade Seven Teacher

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Irene Long

Recommended reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2016

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Each poignant and beautifully written story is fictional but brings home to the reader the shocking reality of Asian children forced into child labour who often endure horribly cruel treatment. We may be aware in a vague way that child slavery exIsts but each story is written as if by the child and touches the heart in a way that mere statistics does not.
However there is also hope as the children are rescued and given the opportunity of a better and happier future. I hope that this book will be widely read so that more of us will appreciate just how fortunate we are and instil a desire to try to improve the plight of young people so that their childhood really can be regained. Proceeds from the sale of the book go to help charities who are working to this end.

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Childhood Regained- and important and educational teaching tool

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2016

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I have been reading the anthology, Childhood Regained, with my grade seven class. Although some of the subject matter has been a little disturbing, my students have been intrigued by the stories presented. This is mainly due to the fact that the stories are current and based on the real-life circumstances of children around the world who are suffering and surviving conditions and crises that we, in Western society cannot even fathom, as a reality.

The school at which I teach has recently received an influx of Syrian newcomers, many of which do not speak any English, and therefore it is impossible for my students or myself to communicate with them to the extent to which we can even hope to understand what they must have experienced, and at such a young age. A book such as Childhood Regained, delivers the truth and does not spare us those unpleasant details that we find so difficult to face. I feel this is crucially important and instrumental in instilling compassion and awareness in our students,
especially in this day and age, when we are integrating people who have suffered trauma unimaginable, in relation to our reality.

A story that my students found particularly poignant, which demanded the attention of all, and which generated extensive thought and discussion was "Intahari, Confessions of a Suicide Bomber". It was so interesting to see how my grade seven students initially took it quite lightly and even amused themselves with some of the more graphic details of the story (the way they would while playing a video game or watching an
explicitly violent movie) until they realized that this story was based on current and real-life situations, situations that they have never and hopefully will never have to experience in their own life times. By the end of the story, feelings of anger, sadness and ultimately joy and relief were evoked. I actually witnessed them growing from the experience.

While journeying through the book, Childhood Regained, my students have gained a higher level of empathy and increased global awareness. I feel
that this is a very important piece of literature and I am excited and driven to share and to recommend it to other educators and students.

Natalie Brown
Grade Seven Teacher

5 people found this helpful

pat schembri wismayer

Highly recommended!

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2016

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A collection of well-written short stories that highlight the plight of child workers. The plots and characters are credible and compelling:it is clear that the authors have done their research. Although the stories themselves end on a positive note, they cause the reader to reflect on the millions of children whose stories do not end well; thus the book elegantly achieves its aim of simultaneously entertaining and informing the reader. The authors have generously donated their royalties to child rescue charities. There is a useful section that details the facts and figures relating to child exploitation and slavery, and information about how to donate to related charities.

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David A. Camp

Great stories that provide a haunting view of child slavery and hope for redemption

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2016

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Childhood regained is an eye-opening collection of stories that are easy to read and provide a thought provoking perspective on child labor and the plight of poor and vulnerable children in Asia. The book is packed with compelling stories, some not so easy to digest for those of us who live in the relative comfort of modern western society. Though fiction, each story is based on actual real life circumstances and thus the authors avoid cliché "Hollywood" endings. I especially recommend this book for our teenagers and for use in the classroom, educating our youth that slavery is not a thing of the past. Buy one today, the authors all contributed their works for free and all proceeds go to SOS Children's Villages. A great read and buying this book helps in a small way those most vulnerable to the horrors of modern day slavery. Highly recommended.

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Patty

Excellent read

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2016

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Excellent. So thought provoking. Rather haunting. Hard to forget the stories of these children. I especially liked the one written by Sarah Hausman.

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