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Last Airlift earns accolade in The Horn Book Magazine

September 21st, 2012

“As the North Vietnamese entered Saigon, missionaries rushed to evacuate the most vulnerable orphans: healthy ones might find new homes, but “children with disabilities—like Tuyet—would be killed.” Tuyet, eight, lame from polio, has cared for babies for as long as she can remember. With her help, fifty or so of these tiny orphans are loaded, […]

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Best Books for Kids and Teens

July 16th, 2012

When I was a kid I loved libraries and bookstores.  I could walk in, find the shelves of juvenile fiction, and pull off a dozen books I wanted to read. Just like that.  It’s harder these days. I don’t know if it’s my age, or the literary snobbiness I contracted during my undergraduate studies, or […]

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