child labor

The author tells the true story of Christian Michael Longo, his arrest for murdering his family, and how he fled to Mexico and assumed Michael Finkel's identity; and relates his own firing from the New York Times magazine.

Describes the life and work of Jhalak Man Tamang, a Nepalese teenage boy who spent a part of his childhood as a worker in a carpet factory and went on to be an advocate for child labor laws; and explores the problem of slave labor around the world.

Profiles the life and humanitarian work of Craig Kielburger who, at age twelve, formed "Free the Children," a group dedicated with freeing children from abusive child labor in many underdeveloped nations.

An historical novel written as the diary of Flora Rutherford, who is taken in by her aunt and uncle and must work at a textile mill to help them out.

Young Flora keeps a journal of her time in a textile mill after leaving an orphanage to live with her aunt and uncle, covering the dangers of being injured or going deaf, her feelings over losing her parents at a young age, and her struggle to help her relatives survive.

Contains excerpts from primary source documents that provide insight into the role of the child in the American labor force from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the late twentieth century.

In Victorian England, poverty-stricken, orphaned siblings Joe and Annie escape from the abusive farmer they work for and try to survive in Manchester, with help from a friendly tramp, a mysterious dog-woman, and a renegade printer who supports the rights of the poor.

A collection of accounts by Nepalese children who once worked in carpet factories that describe the changes that have taken place in their young lives.

In Victorian England, poverty-stricken, orphaned siblings Joe and Annie escape from the abusive farmer they work for and try to survive in Manchester, with help from a friendly tramp, a mysterious dog-woman, and a renegade printer who supports the rights of the poor.

An account of the life of Mary "Mother" Jones, a leading labor union and child labor activist in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Presented in graphic format.