The Bill of Rights
- ISBN-10
- 0531239934
- ISBN-13
- 9780531239933
- Series
- The Bill of Rights
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Children's Press
- Author
- Ruth Bjorklund
Description
Many of the rights we consider most important to the United Statesfrom freedom of speech to a fair trialare in the Bill of Rights. Readers learn how these important laws came to be and how people continue to discuss and debate them even today.
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Other editions
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- 2018-10-05
- 80 pages
- Paperback
- Independently Published
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- 2016-05-24
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Simon and Schuster
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