Jenni L Walsh
2) Unsinkable
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"Unsinkable is a stand-alone historical novel about two women who survive against all odds and become legends. Violet Jessop is Miss Unsinkable. Daphne has survived calamity of her own"-- Provided by publisher.
4) Over and out
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"Sophie has spent her entire life behind the Berlin Wall, guarded by land mines, towers, and attack dogs. A science lover, Sophie dreams of becoming an inventor... but that's unlikely in East Berlin, where the Stasi, the secret police, are always watching. Though she tries to avoid their notice, when her beloved neighbor is arrested, Sophie is called to her principal's office. There, a young Stasi officer asks Sophie if she'll spy on her neighbor...
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Examines the life of Malala Yousafzai. Desperate for schooling, Malala went against traditional culture and focused on educating girls, and by fifteen, she was already a prominent voice for women's rights. Then, a Taliban gunman shot her three times leaving her badly wounded. She survived and went on to become a global symbol of hope, even winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and showing the violence of the Taliban.
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"At seventeen, Alice Marble has no formal tennis skills and no coach. What she does have is an ability to hit the ball as hard as she can and a strong desire to prove herself. With steadfast determination and one sacrifice after another, Alice plays her heart out on the courts of the rich and famous, at national tournaments, and--the greatest of them all--at Wimbledon, rising to be one of the top-ranked players in the world. But then her world falls...