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Elizabeth 1 Elizabeth was born in 1533 into a time of political and royal drama. She was the daughter ..
Throughout history, women have been stereotyped as weak and routinely excluded from competitions, gyms, ..
Jay Abdo (Born 1962) Jay was one of the biggest actors in the Middle East. Millions of people in the Arabic-speaking ..
Carlos Acosta (Born 1973) Carlos grew up in a poor neighborhood in Cuba. He was kicked out of school ..
But the cold seeps under our blankets, through the soles of our moccasins, and I see Grandmother stumbling ..
Deng Adut (Born 1980) Deng grew up happily on his family’s banana farm in a fishing village beside ..
His body can scream, cheer, laugh, or cry. Feelings are good to express all the time. His body can choose ..
Everyone sat around me in a big circle and Mr. Menard handed me a large sack tied with a pretty ribbon. ..
In Vietnam We sat in an Internet Café And wrote electronic postcards. Hi, Mom, I wrote. Wish you were ..
“Where were you?” she says. “We lost because of you!” “Um, I told you. ..
I see my mother and my baby sister. Strike one! I see my uncle Ethan and my aunt Agnes. Strike two!! ..
“Let’s get rid of them,” said Tatyana. “I’ll bang these pots together. ..
When training finished and Coach Clarke walked over to talk to one of the parents, Manu ran up to me. “Just ..
What begins as a slow, distant glow grows and grows into a tired train that clatters down the tracks. ..
The morning sun blares through your window like a million brass trumpets. It sits and shines behind your ..
CHAPTER ONE NYA WAS NOT a good goatherd. The sun had barely broken over the trees as she pulled Zvezda ..