Bøger af Wendy G Lawton

Daughters of the Faith: Ordinary Girls Who Lived Extraordinary Lives.In 1847, ten-year-old Eliza Spalding is growing up with her missionary family as the first white girl to be born in the Oregon Territory. Eliza loves seeing the Nez Perce Indians come to know Jesus, and she prays the Cayuse tribe will believe as well. But when an epidemic ravishes the Cayuse and tensions rise, Eliza finds herself witnessing the historical episode known as the Whitman Massacre. Told with rich detail and cultural appreciation for Native Americans, this adventure story will thrill young readers and encourage them in their faith.

Based on the true story of Pocahontas, this book focuses on her early life asa curious ten-year-old Algonquin princess.

In 1761, Phillis Wheatley was a little girl when she was captured in Gambia and brought to America as a slave. She learned to read and write in English and Latin and showed a natural gift for poetry. She became the first African American to publish a book, and her writings would eventually win her freedom.

Young Anita Dittman's world crumbles as Hitler begins his rise to power in Germany, but because she's a Christian and only half-Jewish, Anita feels sure she and her family are safe from the final solution. She couldn't have been more wrong.