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17 Autumn 2020 Children Who HAVE Changed the Worl
D The jury: Powerful stories about children who have changed the world, written with a sensitivity for language. Seventeen children who in various ways have made the world a better place. Including Louis Braille who came up with the Braille system, Margaret Knight who invented all kinds of things (and had to fight in court for the right to her patents), Liam Hannon who made sandwiches for the homeless, and Muzon Almellehan who went from tent to tent in refugee camps to persuade parents to let their daughters go to school instead of getting married. And of course there is Greta Thunberg who has shaken up the political agenda all over the world. Jenny Strömstedt and Beata Boucht Nonfiction, 9–12 years, 160 p. Jenny Strömstedt, Beata Boucht (ill.) Publisher Max Ström Rights Bonnier Rights Per Widell per.widell@bonnierrights.se Photo: Jeppe Wikstrom Photo: Beata Boucht