Charcoal Boys Children's Fantasy & Magic Books It's up to Em and

It's up to Em and Navin to figure out how to set things right and save their mother's life

But is it all a dream

How will she and her mom cope as the wolf becomes increasingly fierce

and what is different becomes familiar

Charcoal Boys Children's Fantasy & Magic Books It's up to Em andFrom Hans Christian Andersen Award and Batchelder Honor Medal winning author Roger Mello, a poetic and sensitive portrait of child labor in Brazil's charcoal mines. Beautifully illustrated by Roger Mello with sophisticated, highly textural paper cutouts, Charcoal Boys follows a young boy working in Brazil's charcoal mines. The boy's strength and resilience shine through the darkness in this moving condemnation of child labor.