Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories

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Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories

Amanda Li, illustrated by Amy Blackwell

(Buster Books)– hardback

‘Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories’ is an astounding book. Twenty-nine children and young people have defied their circumstances with exceptional results. Obviously, Greta Thunberg is our first subject. Thereafter,   Amanda Li explains her background in some greater depth than in Greta’s Story. It means that we understand Greta’s early appreciation of climate change.

Thereafter, she describes this trailblazer’s initial actions and what she continues to work toward. However, Greta Thunberg is only one of a few well-known subjects. Throughout my reading of this book, I was held to account by unknown people and achievements.

For example, there is William Kamkwamba alongside, the humanitarian efforts of Abraham Keita. It seems these children demonstrate enterprise, drive and imagination. Furthermore, despite setbacks to their efforts, they fight on. What’s more, they face loneliness and uncertainty and often the doubt of peers and society.

The focus of each subject is examined ahead of learning about each character. It means that we understand the inspiration of each issue. Thereafter, the book explains how readers might become involved and organisations that are relevant to each cause.  Frequently, there is an update on the progress of the action and the subject.

Bookwagon recommends Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories to schools and families. It works so well as a companion piece to the equally remarkable Children Who Changed the World.