Virginia Frances Schwartz Livres

Sixteen-year-old Orpha is imprisoned for crimes she did not commit, and harboring a terrible secret about her abuser, but an unusual invitation from Charles Dickens to live in a home for fallen women offers hope. From the infamous Tothill prison, Orpha is haunted by recurring flashbacks of sexual abuse, neglect, exploitation, and the horrors of a Victorian workhouse, but she refuses to be crushed. Her heartbreaking yet inspiring story tells of the resilience and courage needed to make a new life for herself against all odds with the support of the amazing women of Urania cottage and the help of famous author Charles Dickens.Fans of Laurie Halse Anderson's Fever 1793, Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace, and Katherine Paterson's Lyddie will enjoy this riveting historical fiction title. Schwartz's powerful prose speaks to the terrible things Orpha has endured yet celebrates the emotional and intellectual powers of young women.

Family, school, and life in general are seen through the writings of four fifth graders who have been taken out of an overcrowded New York City classroom and placed with a teacher who shows them how to write and how to believe in themselves.

Alabama, 1861. Die 12-jährige Sklavin Phoebe ist vom Mut der 19-jährigen „Unruhestifterin“ Liney fasziniert. Als die Unmenschlichkeit auf der Plantage unerträglich wird, wagen die beiden zusammen mit Lineys kleinen Kindern die Flucht. Noch ahnen sie nicht, welche monatelangen Strapazen und Gefahren ihnen auf dem „Underground Railway“, einer geheimen Route in die Freiheit, bevorstehen.