[PDF] Surviving Terror True Teen Stories From Around The World Set eBook

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Page : 112 pages
File Size : 24,99 MB
Release : 2018-08-15
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ISBN : 9781502639820

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Worldwide, there are more than ten thousand terrorist attacks per year, resulting in death, injury, and destruction. However, the voices of those affected are often lost in a swirl of statistics. This compelling series places teens' stories at the fore through primary sources and accounts from young people who have suffered at the hands of organizations like ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, and drug cartels. Teens' stories of the recruitment efforts of those groups also explain how terrorism spreads. Each book details the rise of a prominent terror group and contextualizes that group's impact, explaining how their activity directly contributes to creating refugee populations. The series promotes empathy toward those affected and provides a greater understanding of terrorism and relevant current events. Features include: Context about geographical regions and the day-to-day lives of teens in foreign countries. An examination of how governments around the globe react to terrorism through policy. Details of how terrorism has evolved alongside new technology. Sidebars that include information about activists in the United States and Canada who advocate for victims and work to stop terrorism.

Author : Ashley M. Ehman
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 34,99 MB
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1502635453

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Educate your readers about the ongoing consequences of ISIS's presence in Iraq, by providing accounts of the situations that teenagers face there on a daily basis. This book includes background information about ISIS and the country of Iraq and its citizens, in addition to discussing the heart-wrenching effects of terrorism. This volume considers potential solutions to the problems of terrorism, empowering teens to help work toward a more peaceful and just world.

Author : Skila Brown
Publisher : Candlewick Press (MA)
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763665169

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Caminar is the story of a boy who joins a small band of guerilla fighters who must decide what being a man during a time of war really means.

Author : Cassandra Schumacher
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 38,97 MB
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1502635526

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The Taliban rose to power in the 1990s in Afghanistan and then in Pakistan. Taliban insurgents implement strict Islamic law, and any perceived transgressions are punished swiftly and brutally. Armed insurgents have attacked civilians and are notorious for limiting the rights of women and girls, including restricting access to education. This book tells the stories of teens who lived through the horrors of the Taliban occupation, surviving in the face of fear and resisting injustice.

Author : Terry Caffey
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,46 MB
Release : 2011-10-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1414335334

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At 3:00 a.m. on March 1, 2008, Terry Caffey awoke to find his daughter’s boyfriend standing in his bedroom with a gun. An instant later the teen opened fire, killing Terry’s wife, his two sons, and wounding him 12 times, before setting the house ablaze. Terry fell into deep depression and planned to kill himself, but God intervened. Upon visiting his burned-out property, Terry noticed a scorched scrap of paper from one of his wife’s books leaning against a tree trunk. The page read: “[God,] I couldn’t understand why You would take my family and leave me behind to struggle along without them. And I guess I still don’t totally understand that part of it. But I do believe that You’re sovereign; You’re in control.” That page was like a direct message from God, and it turned Terry’s life around. Now, one year later, Terry is remarried, the adoptive father of two young sons, and working to rebuild his relationship with his 17-year-old daughter, who is currently serving two life sentences in a Texas state penitentiary for her involvement in the crimes. Terror by Night tells the compelling story of how Terry Caffey found peace after his wife and sons were brutally murdered and his teenage daughter implicated in the crime. Sharing never-before-told details about the night of the crime and subsequent murder trial, it explains how Terry was able to forgive the men who murdered his family, and how he even interceded with the prosecutors on their behalf. A powerful example of how the power of forgiveness can bring healing after tragedy and great loss, it shows how God can bring good out of even the darkest tragedies.

Author : Patrice Sherman
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 40,57 MB
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1502635550

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In April 2014, the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok, Nigeria. Over the next three years, some of the girls began to emerge from captivity and told their stories. They faced harrowing experiences, yet they survived. This resources includes teens' accounts of their time as prisoners and offers insight into Nigeria's problems, and the efforts of human rights activists to build a more peaceful nation.

Author : Anna Maria Johnson
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,25 MB
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1502635488

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The historical and economic circumstances of Somalia have left its population vulnerable to the terrorist group al-Shabaab, sometimes as victims, sometimes as perpetrators, and sometimes as both. Using primary sources, this book shares stories of teens affected by Somalia's violence. Featuring stories of resilience, hope, and activism by Somalis seeking peace and stability for their nation, your readers will become inspired and informed.

Author : James Cameron
Publisher : Lifewrites Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 37,69 MB
Release : 2015-11-20
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9780996576901

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"I had done nothing really bad, but this was Marion, Indiana, where there was very little room for foolish black boys." Unique, uplifting memoir about surviving a lynching and coming of age during Jim Crow. Annotated, with fifty photos, a foreword, introduction, and afterword.

Author : Doug Stanton
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 30,42 MB
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1466818786

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A harrowing, adrenaline-charged account of America's worst naval disaster -- and of the heroism of the men who, against all odds, survived. On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four days and nights. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia, and dementia. By the time rescue arrived, all but 317 men had died. The captain's subsequent court-martial left many questions unanswered: How did the navy fail to realize the Indianapolis was missing? Why was the cruiser traveling unescorted in enemy waters? And perhaps most amazing of all, how did these 317 men manage to survive? Interweaving the stories of three survivors -- the captain, the ship's doctor, and a young marine -- journalist Doug Stanton has brought this astonishing human drama to life in a narrative that is at once immediate and timeless. The definitive account of a little-known chapter in World War II history, In Harm's Way is destined to become a classic tale of war, survival, and extraordinary courage.

Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 23,77 MB
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0804172706

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.