Students get a look at one of the most disturbing issues of our time by exploring subjects such as the right to a childhood versus the need to work to survive, the pros and cons of sweatshops, the brutal world of child soldiers, trafficking, and bonded labor. Using the actual words of people with direct experience, expert views and statistics, useful graphs and eye-catching photographs, this volume brings this much-debated issue into a clearer perspective. Includes full-color photographs, time line, glossary, resources, and index. 46 pages.