An American Girl Based On A True Story

Author : S. Naomi Main
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798887310466

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An American Girl Based on a true story by S. Naomi Main Pdf

Sharon Sholl is an ordinary girl growing up in America. She meets an ordinary young man, Mark Main, two weeks before her sixteenth birthday, who blows to pieces her little world, she says of him. An American Girl is a relational journey, which, no matter how you look at it, is a love story. Sharon's love story is about her extraordinary life with Mark whom she met in 1968, four weeks before he was to leave for Vietnam. From the moment she was born, she also traveled a relational journey with the God of the universe, the Creator God. She didn't pursue that relationship seriously until in her early forties, she and Mark came to a point in their marriage when it seemed as though they had hit rock bottom. Sharon presents the beautiful, the distressing, and the unattractive of her journey of nearly seventy years. Perhaps as you read about this ordinary American girl, you will identify with some of the challenges but mostly with the joys one encounters in this life on earth, joys that are available to all.

Author : Denise Lewis Patrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : African American women
ISBN : 1536431966

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A Girl Named Rosa by Denise Lewis Patrick Pdf

The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, but how did she come to be so brave?

Author : Mary Richards Beaumont,Genevieve Kote
Publisher : American Girl Publishing Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 1683370104

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According to Aggie by Mary Richards Beaumont,Genevieve Kote Pdf

When best friends Aggie and Fiona drift apart in fifth grade, Aggie grows to understand that fading friendships are normal, and she makes a new friend who shares more of her interests.

Author : Connie Rose Porter
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993-09
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0780725689

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Meet Addy by Connie Rose Porter Pdf

Before they can make the attempt, Master Stevens decides to sell some of his slaves and the family is separated. American Girls Collection/Addy #1.

Author : S NAOMI. MAIN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8887310459

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AMERICAN GIRL by S NAOMI. MAIN Pdf

Author : Jordan Reeves,Jen Lee Reeves
Publisher : Aladdin
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534428393

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Born Just Right by Jordan Reeves,Jen Lee Reeves Pdf

From tween advocate for limb difference and founder of Project Unicorn Jordan Reeves and her mom, Jen, comes an inspiring memoir about how every kid is perfect just the way they are. When Jordan Reeves was born without the bottom half of her left arm, the doctors reassured her parents that she was “born just right.” And she has been proving that doctor right ever since! With candor, humor, and heart, Jordan’s mother, Jen Lee Reeves, helps Jordan tell her story about growing up in an able-bodied world and family, where she was treated like all of her siblings and classmates—and where she never felt limited. Whether it was changing people’s minds about her capabilities, trying all kinds of sports, or mentoring other kids, Jordan has channeled any negativity into a positive, and is determined to create more innovations for people just like her. Her most famous invention, aptly called Project Unicorn, is a special prosthetic (that shoots glitter!) made with the help of a 3-D printer. A real-life superhero, Jordan is changing the world with her foundation, Born Just Right, which advocates and celebrates kids with differences, and helps them live their best possible life—just like Jordan is today!

Author : Byron L. Dorgan
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781250173652

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The Girl in the Photograph by Byron L. Dorgan Pdf

Through the story of Tamara, an abused Native American child, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan describes the plight of many children living on reservations—and offers hope for the future. On a winter morning in 1990, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck Tribune. On the front page, a small Native American girl gazed into the distance, shedding a tear. The headline: "Foster home children beaten—and nobody's helping." Dorgan, who had been working with American Indian tribes to secure resources, was upset. He flew to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to meet with five-year-old Tamara who had suffered a horrible beating at a foster home. He visited with Tamara and her grandfather and they became friends. Then Tamara disappeared. And he would search for her for decades until they finally found each other again. This book is her story, from childhood to the present, but it's also the story of a people and a nation. More than one in three American Indian/Alaskan Native children live in poverty. AI/AN children are disproportionately in foster care and awaiting adoption. Suicide among AI/AN youth ages 15 to 24 is 2.5 times the national rate. How has America allowed this to happen? As distressing a situation as it is, this is also a story of hope and resilience. Dorgan, who founded the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) at the Aspen Institute, has worked tirelessly to bring Native youth voices to the forefront of policy discussions, engage Native youth in leadership and advocacy, and secure and share resources for Native youth. You will fall in love with this heartbreaking story, but end the book knowing what can be done and what you can do.

Author : Valerie Tripp
Publisher : Paw Prints
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Depressions
ISBN : 1442054441

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Meet Kit, an American Girl by Valerie Tripp Pdf

When her father's business closes because of the Great Depression forcing Kit ot make changes in her life, the nine-year-old responds with resourcefulness.

Author : Kelly Starling Lyons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN : 1338193058

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A Girl Named Misty by Kelly Starling Lyons Pdf

Misty Copeland became the first African-American female principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, but how did she get there? This biography describes the defining moments that made up her childhood and adolescence with full-color illustrations throughout.

Author : Thomas J. Sugrue
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812970388

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Sweet Land of Liberty by Thomas J. Sugrue Pdf

Sweet Land of Liberty is Thomas J. Sugrue’s epic account of the abiding quest for racial equality in states from Illinois to New York, and of how the intense northern struggle differed from and was inspired by the fight down South. Sugrue’s panoramic view sweeps from the 1920s to the present–more than eighty of the most decisive years in American history. He uncovers the forgotten stories of battles to open up lunch counters, beaches, and movie theaters in the North; the untold history of struggles against Jim Crow schools in northern towns; the dramatic story of racial conflict in northern cities and suburbs; and the long and tangled histories of integration and black power. Filled with unforgettable characters and riveting incidents, and making use of information and accounts both public and private, such as the writings of obscure African American journalists and the records of civil rights and black power groups, Sweet Land of Liberty creates an indelible history.

Author : Bonnie Bader
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Deafblind women
ISBN : 1536448273

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A Girl Named Helen by Bonnie Bader Pdf

Introduces the life and accomplishments of Helen Keller, including her activism for people with disabilities.

Author : Sophia Spencer,Margaret McNamara
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780735267534

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The Bug Girl by Sophia Spencer,Margaret McNamara Pdf

7-year-old Sophia Spencer was bullied for loving bugs until hundreds of women scientists rallied around her. Now Sophie tells her inspiring story in this picture book that celebrates women in science, bugs of all kinds and the importance of staying true to yourself. Sophia Spencer has loved bugs ever since a butterfly landed on her shoulder--and wouldn't leave!--at a butterfly conservancy when she was only two-and-a-half years old. In preschool and kindergarten, Sophia was thrilled to share what she knew about grasshoppers (her very favorite insects), as well as ants and fireflies . . . but by first grade, not everyone shared her enthusiasm. Some students bullied her, and Sophia stopped talking about bugs altogether. When Sophia's mother wrote to an entomological society looking for a bug scientist to be a pen pal for her daughter, she and Sophie were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response--letters, photos and videos came flooding in. Using the hashtag BugsR4Girls, scientists tweeted hundreds of times to tell Sophia to keep up her interest in bugs--and it worked!

Author : Rebecca Paley
Publisher : American Girl: A Girl Named
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1338193023

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A Girl Named Hillary by Rebecca Paley Pdf

This series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. This profile of Hilliary Clinton tells of the defining moments that made up her childhood and adolescence which led her to become the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party. Full color.

Author : Eleanor Ramrath Garner
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781561456819

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Eleanor's Story by Eleanor Ramrath Garner Pdf

An engrossing coming-of-age autobiography of a young American caught in Nazi Germany during World War II. During the Great Depression, when Eleanor is nine, her family moves from her beloved America to Germany, from which her parents had emigrated years before and where her father has been offered a job he cannot pass up. But when war suddenly breaks out as her family is crossing the Atlantic, they realize returning to the United States isn't an option. They arrive in Berlin as enemy aliens. Eleanor tries to maintain her American identity as she feels herself pulled into the turbulent life roiling around her. She and her brother are enrolled in German schools and in Hitler's Youth (a requirement). She fervently hopes for an Allied victory, yet for years she must try to survive the Allied bombs shattering her neighborhood. Her family faces separations, bombings, hunger, the final fierce battle for Berlin, the Russian invasion, and the terrors of Soviet occupancy. This compelling story is heart-racing at times and immerses readers in a first-hand account of Nazi Germany, surviving World War II as a civilian, and immigration.

Author : Nadine Jolie Courtney
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780374309503

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All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney Pdf

Nadine Jolie Courtney's All-American Muslim Girl is a relevant, relatable story of being caught between two worlds, and the struggles and hard-won joys of finding your place. Allie Abraham has it all going for her—she’s a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family, and she’s dating popular, sweet Wells Henderson. One problem: Wells’s father is Jack Henderson, America’s most famous conservative shock jock, and Allie hasn’t told Wells that her family is Muslim. It’s not like Allie’s religion is a secret. It’s just that her parents don’t practice, and raised her to keep it to herself. But as Allie witnesses Islamophobia in her small town and across the nation, she decides to embrace her faith—study, practice it, and even face misunderstanding for it. Who is Allie, if she sheds the façade of the “perfect” all-American girl?