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  • Stuffed
    Author:
    Walters, Eric
    Summary:

    When Ian and his classmates watch a documentary about the health concerns of eating fast food, Ian decides to start a boycott and stop everyone he can from eating at Frankie's, a huge fast-food chain with a questionable menu. The...
  • Shattered hopes : Canada's boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games
    Author:
    Robertson, Sheila
    Summary:

    On December 27, 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, a distant land unknown to most Canadians. A crucial fall-out was the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow, which Canada eventually joined, forcing 212...
  • Maggie and the chocolate war
    Author:
    Mulder, Michelle
    Summary:

    In a book based on a true story, Maggie spearheads a children's protest movement in 1947 when the price of chocolate bars rises from five cents to eight cents, making them too expensive for most of Canada's youth.
  • A reventar (stuffed)
    Author:
    Walters, Eric
    Summary:

    Primero tratan de amenazarme. Después tratan de sobornarme. Y ahora hacen las dos cosas a la vez: tratan de sobornarme y me amenazan si no acepto el soborno. Luego de ver un documental sobre los problemas de salud que provoca la comida...
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