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Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A stranger’s life hangs in the balance. But to save him is to risk everything.
The war is drawing to a close, but the Nazis still occupy part of the Netherlands. After the losses she’s endured, war widow Cornelia is only a shadow of the woman she once was. She fights now to protect her younger brother, Johan, who lives in hiding.
When Johan brings Gerrit Laninga, a wounded Dutch Resistance member,
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Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
"Gisela must hold on to hope and love despite all odds in the midst of a war-torn country. Gisela Cramer is an American living in eastern Germany with her cousin Ella Reinhardt. When the Red Army invades, they must leave their home to escape to safety in Berlin. However, Ella is a nurse and refuses to leave, sending her young daughters with Gisela. During their journey, Gisela meets Mitch Edwards, an escaped British POW. She pretends she is his wife...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Irene and Rand come from very different walks of life. Will they find common ground in their fight to survive? Irene has grown up in the jungle as a missionary with her Aunt Anita, but now she and countless others are imprisoned by Japanese soldiers at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in the Philippines. Irene and her aunt are safe there, and she keeps busy with her duty of delivering censored messages to the camp's prisoners, but like everyone else,...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking figure in every sense of the word, Susie King Taylor (1848-1912) was one of the first Black nurses during the Civil War, tending to the wounded soldiers of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Afterward, she was a key figure in establishing a postbellum educational system for formerly bonded Black people, opening several dedicated schools in Georgia. Taylor was also one of the first Black women to publish her memoirs....
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Michelle Obama is a lovingly-illustrated board book to inspire young girls and boys to be anything they want to be. Each board book pays tribute to one awesome female role model by recounting her struggles, her challenges, how she overcame them and her achievements.Did you know that Michelle Obama mentored Barack Obama at a law firm before he became the 44th President of the United States? Enjoy real-life inspirational stories with your littles ones...
6) Amal Clooney
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The board books pay tribute to female role models for young girls (and boys!) to admire and emulate. We emphasize important character traits that these female role models exemplified such as grit, courage, resilience, optimism, perseverance, curiosity, strength and conscientiousness.--
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
he Awesome Women Series Activists: Greta Thunberg is a lovingly-illustrated board book to inspire young girls and boys to be anything they want to be. Each board book pays tribute to one awesome female role model by recounting her struggles, her challenges, how she overcame them and her achievements.Did you know that Greta Thunberg refers to her Asperger’s Syndrome as her superpower? Enjoy real-life inspirational stories with your littles ones today...
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