Blue Gold
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (617 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155451634X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Elizabeth Stewart writes for film, television, and the internet. Her novel, The Lynching of Louie Sam, received much acclaim, including the International Reading Association's Notable Books for a Global Society 2013 award
Yet when Laiping tries to improve her situation, she sees what happens to those who dare question the electronics company’s policies. All three teens are unexpectedly linked by these events.. Coltan, or blue gold,” is a rare mineral used in making cell phones and computers. Laiping labors in a Chinese factory, soldering components for cell phones. She had left her small village to make her fortune, but the factory conditions are crushing, and the constant pressure to send money home adds to her misery. In the aftermath, she learns not only about trust and being true to oneself, but the importance of fighting for what is right. The refugee camp where she now lives is deplorable, and Sylvie yearns for a way outto save not only herself, but her remaining family. Fiona is a North American girl who, in one thoughtless moment, takes a picture on her cell phone she comes to regret. Across continents, the lives of three teen girls are affected by the blue gold” trade. Sylvie’s family had to flee the Democratic Republic of the Congo after her father was killed by a rogue militia gang in the conflict
Amazon Customer said Five Stars. Loved by my book club.. like many other minerals that this country possesses in abundance Africa Access Review Blue Gold is an important young adult novel. Its author, Canadian-born novelist Elizabeth Stewart, puts faces—the faces of three courageous teenage girls—on an invisible and impalpable resource, Congo’s conflict coltan, that has become coterminous with the digital age. This mineral ore, which absence could grind the digital economy to a halt and send us back to the analog age, is indeed blue gold. For Congo, where 65 percent of the world’s reserves of coltan ore are found, blue gold, like many other minerals that this country possesses in abundance, has become a curse. The world’s insatiable appetite for colta. B. Stoop said Good story, thought provoking. Good story, thought provoking, but mentions oral sex in first chapter, even though it has nothing to do with the plot. Would like to put in library, but afraid that reference might be an awkward start for tweens who might pick it up. Other than that the story would be thought provoking and powerful.
Coltan, a mineral used in the technology that helps power cell phones and computers, is a resource that her people have killed and died for, and Sylvie is desperate to save her family in the wake of her father's death. Set in the present, the story is told from three viewpoints. A split-second bad decision haunts her virtually, and she learns a big lesson in digital responsibility. From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up—The human price of technology is explored from the perspectives of three teen girls in this character-driven, realistic fiction novel. Half a world away, Sylvie is a Congolese refugee living in Tanzania, where maintaining basic needs is a daily battle. Sylvie's daily life is dangerous, and her past includes scenes of extreme violence, though the revelation of these elements isn't glorified and the inclusion of these details gives her viewpoint aut