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Publisher: Eternal Press
ISBN: 1897559011
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Author: David R Beasley
Publisher: David Beasley
ISBN: 0915317141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 463

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Sarah’s Journey, won the best fiction award for Hamilton and Region. This true story tells of Sarah Lewis, born a slave in Virginia, and her escape with three small children to Upper Canada in 1820. She arrives in Simcoe in 1822 and keeps house for a young Scotsman, by whom she has a son, who eventually becomes the richest man in New York City. The events of the time such as the rebellion of 1837 and the threats of bounty hunters affect the black community and Sarah’s family. “I would recommend this novel to mature readership at the high school level or above because of the increased degree of appreciation of the story if one is acquainted with the social and economic and political issues surrounding and shaping the environment into which Sarah was born.” —Grietje R. McBride, UE, B.Sc.. “Sarah's Journey is a real page-turner,”— Liana Metal, Rambles.

Author: Wanda Luttrell
Publisher: Chariot Victor Publishing
ISBN: 9780781402347
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Eleven-year-old Sarah is upset when her family leaves their home in Virginia to start a new life in Kentucky at the same time her beloved older brother goes off to fight with the American rebels against the British.

Author: Imad Elabdala
Publisher: Sarah's Journey
ISBN: 9789151909684
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Sarah's Journey is a modern-day saga that stretches over seas and continents. It is based on the true stories of the children of Syria. It has been developed together with children, therapists and experts over several years, to provide all children with tools for coping with the challenges they face in life, both large and small.

Author: Nikki Shannon Smith
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
ISBN: 1496592182
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to California, and after some argument it is decided that the the grandparents will stay on the farm, but the rest of the family will go; the journey will be difficult and dangerous, but if they survive extreme weather, difficult terrain, illness, and the racism of others in the group there may be a better life waiting for them at the end of the trail. Includes nonfiction material on the Oregon Trail, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.

Author: Catherine E. McKinley
Publisher: Argo-Navis
ISBN: 9780786754632
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Suffused with longing, this rueful, passionate memoir about an adopted woman''s search for her birth parents explores themes of race and family. Catherine McKinley was one of only a few thousand African American and bi-racial children adopted by white couples in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Raised in a small, white New England town, she had a persistent longing for the more diverse community that would better understand and encompass her. In an era shaped by the rhetoric of Black Power and Black Pride, McKinley''s coming of age entailed her own detailed investigation into her birth history, a search complicated by the terms of a closed adoption that denied her all knowledge of the circumstances of her birth. THE BOOK OF SARAHS traces McKinley''s own time of revelations: after a five-year period marked by dead ends and disappointments, she finds her birth mother and a half-sister named Sarah, the name that was originally given to her. When she locates her birth father and meets several of his eleven other children she begins to see the whole mosaic of her parentage-African American, WASP, Jewish, Native American-and then is confronted with a final revelation that threatens to destabilize all she has uncovered. At the center of the narrative is McKinley''s angry passion for her two mothers and her quest for self-acceptance in a world in which she seems to herself to be always outside the bounds of social legitimacy. In telling of her struggles both to fit into and to defy social conventions, McKinley challenges us to rethink our own preconceptions about race, identity, kinship, loyalty, and love. Catherine McKinley is the author of The Book of Sarahs and Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she has taught Creative Nonfiction, and a former Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, West Africa. She lives in New York City. "McKinley writes beautifully in this debut memoir, never resorting to sentimentality or easy emotions within this tangled web of emotional and family secrets.” - Publishers Weekly "In recounting her long and arduous journey in search of her birth parents, McKinley (Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing) draws us into a page-turning treasure hunt. Along the way she skillfully describes her upbringing as a black (or so she believed) child adopted by a white family during the 1960s, her tenacious efforts to winnow information out of the bureaucratic agency that handled her adoption and her often startlingly candid reactions to each new revelation about her background. Ultimately, she discovered that her parentage includes African American, WASP, Jewish, and Native American forbears. The multiple Sarahs of the title are just another confounding bit of information in this painful, funny, and very human memoir about race and family. In the end, the treasure McKinley seems to have discovered is her own independent self. Recommended for all libraries." - Library Journal "In elegant, original prose that springs from a mind and heart at turns spirited and pensive, Catherine McKinley tells her dramatic story with defiant candor, precocious wisdom, and courageous sensitivity.” - Sarah Saffian, Author of Ithaka: A Daughter’s Memoir of Bing Found "What child doesn''t occasionally fantasize that maybe she''s been adopted and one day her real parents will show up to rescue her from the crazy clan she''s stuck in? Who doesn''t question the identity the world endeavors to tether her to even as she struggles to create her own self? And who isn''t fascinated by the dynamics of other people''s families? Or maybe it''s only me. Perhaps that''s why I regularly revisit the world inside Catherine McKinley''s The Book of Sarahs: A Family in Parts. The first time I picked up McKinley''s memoir, I felt like I had fallen into my own life, though in truth her narrative is far removed from my own. Catherine, the biracial adopted daughter of a white couple, sets out to find her "true" mom and dad and discovers a Jewish birth mother and an African American father. The Book of Sarahs questions everything from motherhood to transracial adoption to coming out. It''s written for adults, but inevitably takes me back to childhood reveries of escape. These days, though, I also appreciate the book from the other side--as a mother making choices that will change the course of my children''s lives." - Jacqueline Woodson, author of National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming (c) O Magazine 2015

Author: Wanda Luttrell
Publisher: Chariot Victor Publishing
ISBN: 9780781430081
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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"Sarah, Sarah. Why can't you be content to embroider pillowcases?" There's something going on in Williamsburg besides the war, and Sarah Moore is determined to find out what. Sarah knows that her Uncle Ethan is against slavery, so why did she see him buying three slaves? She also knows that no one lives in the little brown house on Waller Street, but she has seen lights there. And why does she keep hearing "John 3:19" being whispered on the streets? Since she committed her life to God, Sarah has tried to mend her headstrong ways. Her curiosity still gets the better of her, however, and she once again finds herself right in the middle of the mysterious activities of Williamsburg. Wanda Luttrell was raised and still lives on the banks of Stoney Creek, Sarah's Kentucky home. Wanda enjoys reading, photography, and traveling. She and her husband have shared their home on Stoney Creek with their five children.

Author: Alan D. Wolfelt
Publisher: Companion Press (Company)
ISBN: 9781879651036
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Based on the belief that children mourn in their own unique ways and need love and support of the adults who care for them, this book describes the grief experience of Sarah, an eight-year-old whose father was killed in a car accident, and offers compassionate, practical counsel for adults who want to help grieving children. Covered are common concerns such as normal behaviors in grieving kids, helping children with funerals, grieving kids at school, "misbehavior" in the grieving child, and helping children heal. Within each chapter, Sarah's story is followed by a counselor's perspective that offers practical do's and dont's.

Author: Colleen L. Reece
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1628362383
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Time Period: 1620 Oct.-Nov. Imagine leaving the land you know and the friends you hold dear-and you'll begin to understand the whirlwind of emotion that awaits ten-year-old Sarah Smythe. This fictional Pilgrim aboard the Mayflower is moving from Holland to the New World-America-in the vanguard of a new nation of free people. Especially for girls ages eight to twelve, this fascinating story shares the hopes and fears of a girl distant in time but close in spirit, while at the same time teaching important lessons of Christian faith and American history. "Sarah's New World" is perfect for recreational reading or homeschooling.

Author: Wanda Luttrell
Publisher: Chariot Victor Publishing
ISBN: 9780781402354
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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When Sarah Moore returned to Virginia to live with her aunt's family and learn from their tutor, she certainly had no plans to get involved with a possible spy. Sarah has begun to wonder if she can trust anyone--even God. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.