This new young adult novel uses diary entries and vivid poems to show one young woman's personal journey through family tragedy.Twelve-year-old Anga Freedom can't help but beam when her aunt Ky gets her an early dismissal from school. Her mother is about to have a baby, and Anga is about to become a big sister But when Anga arrives at the hospital, she is devastated to learn the truth. Her mother has suffered a miscarriage. What was meant to be a day of celebration turns into one of grief.It isn't the only dark day ahead for the twelve-year-old. Not long after the family tragedy, Anga's mother is diagnosed with oral cancer. Anga moves in with her grandmother as her mother begins treatment. She knows that this is supposed to help her mother rest and recover, but she can't help feeling frustrated and isolated because of the distance. At the same time, Anga is ill equipped to handle seeing her mother in such a delicate state. She will have to discover new ways of supporting her mother and coping with a new life full of hospital visits, doctor's appointments, and difficult moments.
An "intelligent and entertaining" tale. (Kirkus Reviews): Priya is thrilled when she's recruited to serve in the spaceborne military. But she's soon forced to volunteer for a dangerous mission - and finds her life at stake... "For nail-biting science fiction thrillers, look no further than one of Rothman's stories" (New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia).------Aliens exist... and, as it turns out, most of them are fairly harmless. It's the humans you need to watch out for.Priya Radcliffe wasn't even born yet when the first set of terrorists struck. She was seventeen when they struck again, but this time her parents paid the ultimate price.That was seven years ago, and since then, the United Nations finally agreed to field its first spaceborne military. Serving aboard one of the first true starships had been a dream of hers. All of her years of education and training had been geared for entering the service.However, just before Priya's graduation, she's approached by an officer from a military branch she'd never heard of and given a choice: volunteer for a risky mission to an outpost she knows nothing about or be excluded from serving.She had no choice.
"There is another way to live and you can make a change..."Do you sometimes wonder why you are here? Do you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning? Do you feel stuck? Are you waiting for your life to be over so you can finally rest? Now is the time to choose a new path - a new direction - and start living with purpose every day. This book will guide you to the path of emotional freedom and purposeful living. In these pages, you will discover: - How to get a clear picture of your life - How to accept your current situation without shame or guilt - The importance of spirituality - How to create a life plan - The power tools to make a commitment to have the life you want and live on purpose You are here for a purpose and you can live that purpose. If you are tired of the way you are living and want another way, this book is for you
Every day women suffer emotional bondage from feeling not good enough, unworthy, or ashamed of a dark past. Whitney L. Barkley, Chief Editor of the Skinny Black Girl's Code, a lifestyle and motivational blog for women, reveals her battles with colorism, body image, faith, sexual assault, abortion, depression, and Imposter Syndrome. Throughout the Skinny Black Girl's Guide to Freedom, Whitney authentically reflects on her journey to build unbreakable confidence to master her life. This book will help you: - Define freedom by your own terms and use stories and examples to help you find audacity to live life without limitations - Get to the bottom of your brokenness and learn the five P's (Plan, Place, Pray, Purpose, and Peace) to piece your life back together - Identify a healthy outlet to help you release trauma from your past and find your voice - Realize that your past does not define your self-worth and speak positivity into your life - Learn the value of being honest with yourself, your mistakes, and flaws, and how to turn bad experiences into teachable moments - Uncover the power of faith and how to place God's Word as the GPS to the most crucial decisions in your life Stop allowing your self-limiting beliefs to slow you down. It's time to take accountability and action for your life to achieve personal freedom and peace.
"Freedom's Servants" collects the still vivid memories of WWII Veterans as they recount their experiences in that war; experiences that were to influence their life paths over the seven-plus decades since the war. Though mostly teens, their service ranged from one momentous day of active duty to eighteen months of confinement in a German POW camp; where in every case, they served with honor and patriotic pride. No bitterness was part of their stories, regardless of any ongoing physical impact the war had on their lives. For them, duty and honor reigned, and reigns still. Humor was one of their survival weapons, even in the bleakest of times. That humor quickly bubbled up as they retold their stories and, has been delightfully captured in the accounts. The stories were largely extracted during personal interviews and their words were embedded in the stories. The stories are very much in their spirit, and often in their voices. Mostly Midwesterners, they frequently came from rural backgrounds; but, thanks to the GI Bill, they became entrepreneurs, engineers, physicians and artists of national renown. Stories cut across all book genres, as we read of a passionate romance interrupted for 45 years by the war. The story of a 19-year old assigned to the top secret planning of the D-Day invasion of Normandy conveys the humility that such enormous responsibility instilled. A GI, who became a nationally recognized artist, described in vivid colors and emotions, a non-denominational communion service led by a Chaplain before a battle. Tongue in cheek, another relates his emotional attachment to a massive military weapon. The deprivations of three-months in a foxhole become vivid in another story. The wartime service of women in uniforms, and in training, give important insights into the vital roles women played in the great conflict, and how those experiences moved them toward their careers in peacetime. Stateside memories touch on the children left at home and the teachers who taught the children with absent parents. One voice is that of a woman describing her rescue after four years of confinement in a forced-labor camp in Germany. This is not a dry history, but a personal glimpse of the WWII-era service of very young men and women, who, coming out of the Depression, had to put their lives on hold. This book is a perfect introduction to the WWII era for readers of all ages as it's focused on personal stories. Young people will be inspired to see how those, who were mostly teens, like themselves, responded in a time of great national peril and risk. War, the ultimate school of hard knocks rapidly instilled character and skill into the teenage draftees and, coupled with their dependable work-ethic, shaped them for a future they could not have foreseen when they were in high school. The story of Freedom's Servants will make all readers want to be even better citizens.
This magisterial study, ten years in the making by one of the field's most distinguished historians, will be the first to explore the impact fugitive slaves had on the politics of the critical decade leading up to the Civil War. Through the close reading of diverse sources ranging from government documents to personal accounts, Richard J. M. Blackett traces the decisions of slaves to escape, the actions of those who assisted them, the many ways black communities responded to the capture of fugitive slaves, and how local laws either buttressed or undermined enforcement of the federal law. Every effort to enforce the law in northern communities produced levels of subversion that generated national debate so much so that, on the eve of secession, many in the South, looking back on the decade, could argue that the law had been effectively subverted by those individuals and states who assisted fleeing slaves.
This magisterial study, ten years in the making by one of the field's most distinguished historians, will be the first to explore the impact fugitive slaves had on the politics of the critical decade leading up to the Civil War. Through the close reading of diverse sources ranging from government documents to personal accounts, Richard J. M. Blackett traces the decisions of slaves to escape, the actions of those who assisted them, the many ways black communities responded to the capture of fugitive slaves, and how local laws either buttressed or undermined enforcement of the federal law. Every effort to enforce the law in northern communities produced levels of subversion that generated national debate so much so that, on the eve of secession, many in the South, looking back on the decade, could argue that the law had been effectively subverted by those individuals and states who assisted fleeing slaves.
