"A powerful true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a refugee camp, and a father determined to help her dream beyond the fences that confine them." --

"A young adult nonfiction book on how Albany High School handled a racist social media incident that incurs lasting and devastating consequences"--

At one time or another, we all fumble and falter and make mistakes—and need a second chance.

Have you ever wished for a chance to try again and make things right? Do you know someone who has been blessed with a second chance and has, in turn, blessed the lives of others?

In The Gospel of Second Chances, best-selling author Lloyd D. Newell looks at what makes such second chances possible and what we can do to make a second chance

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The inspiring true story of Apollo 8, the first crewed American spaceship to break free of Earth's orbit and reach the moon.

"Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, page-turning works of nonfiction that have changed the way we read history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally...

One of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured similar hardships. In this memorable book, the two convey the best of African values while relating searing accounts of famine and war. There's warmth as well, in their humorous tales of adapting to American life. For its importance as a primary source, for its inclusion of the rarely told female perspective...

"Ruth Soukup is the very successful founder and writer of the popular blog Living Well, Spending Less. In this, her first book, she shares some of her own journey to finding the Good Life and also provides her readers with all the practical advice and real life help they need to give their family a truly abundant life on a realistic and healthy budget"--

Offers insights into the stories of the Old Testament, specifically stories of trusting and overcoming and enduring and believing.

Adaptation for middle graders based on the adult memoir, My Beloved World, of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor. Includes an 8-page photo insert. "In this adaptation for middle graders based on her bestselling adult memoir, My Beloved World, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor's extraordinary life inspires. Her achievement serves as a true testament to the fact that no matter the obstacles, dreams can come...

Eva Mozes Kor and her twin Miriam were ten years old when they were subjected to the medical experiments of the Auschwitz Angel of Death, Dr. Josef Mengele. The story of their fight for survival, recovery, and forgiveness are told again and updated here in this new edition with interesting details and important context in a new afterword. Eva turned her triumph over pain and suffering into a life-long work for peace, human rights, and Holocaust education....