Unheard Voices (E-Book, EPUB)
eBook - An Anthology of Stories and Poems to Commemorate the Bicentenary Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Verlag:
ISBN/EAN: 9781446452363
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 272 S., 0.44 MB
Erschienen am
31.03.2011
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
In March 1807, the British Parliament passed an Act making the trading and transportation of slaves illegal. It was many years before slavery, as it was known then, was abolished, and slavery still continues today in different ways, but it was a big step forward towards the empancipation of a people.Malorie Blackman has drawn together some of the finest of today's writers and poets to contribute to this important anthology. Their short stories and poems sit alongside first-hand accounts of slavery from freed slaves, making a fascinating and absorbing collection that remembers and commemorates one of the most brutal and long-lasting inflictions of misery that human beings have inflicted upon other human beings.
MALORIE BLACKMANhas written over sixty books and is acknowledged as one of todays most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Childrens Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to childrens books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to childrens literature. She has been described byThe Timesas a national treasure. Malorie Blackman was the Childrens Laureate 201315.
An anthology of short stories and poems collected by Malorie Blackman to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
