Patrice Sherman
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What tunnel is named after a Boston Red Sox baseball player? Who were the Minutemen? What's a triple-decker, and where do Bostonians celebrate the Fourth of July? Join Abby and her friends on their class trip to Boston and learn the answers to these questions and more. Meet some of Boston's famous people, including Phillis Wheatley, America's first African American poet, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. Take a...
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When Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for working to bring democracy to Myanmar, she was unable to attend the ceremony held in her honor, she was under house arrest for the very work that earned her the prize. Ultimately, Suu Kyi spent fifteen years incarcerated, but her faith in peaceful resistance never wavered. This book explains the struggle to bring democracy to Myanmar, profiles Suu Kyi and her activism, and examines...