Patricia McCormick crafts powerful and unsettling stories for young adults that often delve into complex psychological and social issues. Her literary style is incisive and empathetic, revealing characters' inner lives and their struggles with trauma, addiction, and self-harm. As a journalist, she has honed an ability to ground her narratives in compelling and realistic settings. McCormick is distinguished by her courageous approach to sensitive subject matter, offering readers profound reflection.
The inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children. When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse.
Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.
Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. And she nearly lost her life for the right to be educated: She was shot while riding the bus on her way home from school. Now Malala is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
Struggling with feelings of inadequacy, Private Matt Duffy grapples with his experiences in war after receiving a Purple Heart in an army hospital in Iraq. The story delves into his internal conflict and the complexities of heroism, exploring themes of trauma, honor, and the personal toll of combat. As he navigates his recovery, Duffy must confront his identity and the expectations placed on him as a soldier.
You say it's up to me to do the talking. You lean forward and your black leather chair groans, like a living thing. Like the cow it was before somebody killed it and turned it into a chair in a shrink's office in a loony bin...
In this powerful and emotional New York Times bestseller, Nobel Peace Prize winner and activist Malala Yousafzai shares various stories of displacement, including her own. Part memoir, part communal storytelling, We Are Displaced introduces readers to some of the incredible girls Malala has met on her many journeys and lets each tell her story …
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PREMIO NOBEL DE LA PAZ 2014. Malala Yousafzai sólo tenía diez años cuando los talibanes se apoderaron de su región. Decían que la música era pecado. Decían que las mujeres no debían ir al mercado. Decían que las niñas no debían ir al colegio. Malala creció en una pacífica región de Pakistán transformada por el terrorismo. Aprendió a defender sus convicciones y luchó por su derecho a la educación. El 9 de octubre de 2012 estuvo a punto de perder la vida por la causa: le dispararon a quemarropa en el autobús cuando volvía a casa del colegio. Nadie creía que fuera a sobrevivir. Se ha convertido en un símbolo inernacional de la protesta pacífica y es la nominada más joven de la historia para el Premio Nobel de la Paz. En esta nueva edición de sus memorias, que incluye numerosas fotos y otros materiales, escuchamos de primera mano la extraordinaria historia de una niña que, desde muy pequeña, sabía que quería cambiar el mundo... y lo hizo. La poderosa historia de Malala nos abre los ojos a otro mundo y nos impulsa a creer en la esperanza, la verdad, los milagros y la posibilidad de que una persona -una persona muy joven- puede inspirar el cambio en su comunidad y más allá.
Toby bewundert seinen großen Bruder, der in die Drogenabhängigkeit abrutscht. Um ihn zu schützen, lügt Toby, doch als sein Bruder eine Grenze überschreitet, erkennt er, dass er handeln muss. Ein berührendes und humorvolles Buch über Tragik und den Mut zur Wahrheit.
