Walking for Water - How One Boy Stood Up for Gender Equality

A young boy finds a way to help his sister go to school.Victor and his twin sister, Linesi, are close. Only, now that they are eight years old, she is no longer able to go to school with him. Linesi, like the other older girls in their community, must walk to the river to get water five times a day to help their mother farm. But Victor is learning about equality in school. He's beginning to realize how boys and girls are not treated equally. And that's not fair to his sister. So Victor comes up with a plan to help.Can one boy make a difference in an unequal world? It turns out, he can!

About the author

Susan Hughes an award-winning author, whose books for children include Case Closed?, No Girls Allowed, Earth to Audrey and Maggie McGillicuddy's Eye for Trouble. Susan lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Hughes, Susan/ Miles Hughes
• Assisted by: Nicole Miles (Illustration)
• Publisher: Kids can press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781525302497
• ISBN: 978-1-5253-0249-7
• No. of pages: 32
• Series: CitizenKid
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind