Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Character: Choices That Matter Around the World

Garth Sundem

Free Spirit Publishing, Jan 10, 2017 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 168 pages

A follow-up to the popular Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change, this inspiring sequel spans the globe again with true accounts of ordinary kids showing extraordinary character.
Thirty short inspirational stories are divided into six character traits (courage, creativity, kindness, persistence, resilience, and responsibility), and feature kids facing adversity from bullying in an American middle school to surviving persecution in the war-torn streets of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Readers will see how every choice they make is a chance to build character and show the world who they really are.
 
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Contents

• Page 1 ntroduction: 1
• Page 4 Chapter 1 Courage: 4
• Page 6 Zach Veach The Courage to Be Different Ohio: 6
• Page 11 Eunice Muba To Educate a Girl Is to Educate a Nation Democratic Republic of the Congo: 11
• Page 15 Winter Vinecki Born to Run Learning to Fly Antarctica: 15
• Page 19 Arti Verma Casteing Off India: 19
• page 24 Tom Schaar Fully Committed California: 24
• Page 31 Michael Bowron How to Hotwire a Truck Radio Australia: 31
• Page 36 Chapter 2 Creativity 36: 36
• Page 42 Calista FrederickJaskiewicz Origami Salami Pennsylvania 42: 42
• Page 46 Shubham Banerjee Creativity Is Inside You California 46Page 46: 46
• Page 51 Sam and Ben Tollison A Monster to Love Colorado 51: 51
• Page 55 Amanda LaMunyon Mistakes Are Part of the Painting Oklahoma: 55
• Page 60 Chapter 3 Kindness 60: 60
• Page 62 Alex McKelvey 600 Acts of Kindness Washington 62: 62
• Page 66 Kevin Curwick OsseoNiceThings Minnesota 66: 66
• Page 71 Connor Long Nice Guys Finish Last Tennessee 71: 71
• Page 75 Hashmat Suddat People Dont Know and I Dont Blame Them Virginia 75: 75
• Page 80 Justice Miller Turning Down Fame Michigan 80: 80
• Page 84 Chapter 4 Persistence and Grit 84: 84
• page 86 Robert Nay Bubble Ball Utah 86: 86
• Page 89 Christopher Cruz Drab to Fab New York 89: 89
• Page 93 Danny DiPietro A Persistent Hunch Michigan 93: 93
• page 97 Mikaela Shiffrin Practice Makes Perfect New Hampshire 97: 97
• Page 102 Chapter 5 Resilience 102: 102
• Page 104 Samantha Garvey Big Mussels of Science New York 104: 104
• Page 109 Tatyana McFadden Ya Sama Maryland 109: 109
• Page 113 Amit Dodani My Name My Story California 113: 113
• Page 119 James Williams Victor Not Victim South Carolina 119: 119
• Page 123 Benni Cinkle That Girl in Pink California 123: 123
• Page 126 Diego Frazão Torquato Music from the Heart Brazil 126: 126
• Page 132 Chapter 6 Responsibility 132: 132
• Page 134 William Kamkwamba Tower of Power Malawi 134: 134
• Page 139 Laura Dekker Around the World in 519 Days The Netherlands 139: 139
• Page 144 Diane Tran Jailed for Responsibility Texas 144: 144
• Page 148 Sarbast Ali A School of One Iraq 148: 148
• page 152 A Note from the Author 152: 152
• Page 154 Index 154: 154
• Page 158 About the Author 158: 158
• B: 159

About the author

Garth Sundem is a TED-Ed speaker and former contributor to the Science Channel. He blogs at GeekDad and PsychologyToday.com.

He has been published in Scientific American, Huffington Post Science, Fast Company, Men’s Health, Esquire, The New York Times, Congressional Quarterly, and Publishers Weekly. Garth grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and currently lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife, two kids, and a pack of Labradors.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Character: Choices That Matter Around the World; Real Kids, Real Stories
• Author: Garth Sundem
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing, 2017
• ISBN: 1631981269, 9781631981265
• Length: 168 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance; Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Values & Virtues