On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth

We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance

Paper Wishes

Early Health and Medicine (Early Settler Life)

China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution

Lady with a Lamp: The Story of Florence Nightingale

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

When Elliott Michener was locked away in Alcatraz for counterfeiting, he was determined to defy the odds and bust out. But when he got a job tending the prison garden, a funny thing happened. Thoughts of escape were replaced with new interests and skills-and a sense of dignity and fulfilment. Elliott transformed Alcatraz Island, and the island transformed him. Told with empathy and a storyteller's flair, Elliott's story is funny, touching, and unexpectedly relevant. Back matter about the history of Alcatraz and the US prison system today invites meaningful discussion.

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My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth

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We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance

Deborah Hopkinson, 2021

Paper Wishes

Lois Sepahban, 2016

Early Health and Medicine (Early Settler Life)

Bobbie Kalman, 1983

China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution

Da Chen, 2001

Lady with a Lamp: The Story of Florence Nightingale

Cyril Davey, 1958

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

Peter Sís, 2021