French language version of A Proper Acadian. Set during the American Revolution, a young man from Boston is sent to Acadia and faces deportation.
Revolution
Mao and Me: The Little Red Guard
Chen’s book tells his story of growing up during the Cultural Revolution (between 1966 and 1976) in China.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 2
Remember the Alamo: Texians, Tejanos, and Mexicans Tell Their Stories
An account of the famous battle of the Alamo which presents different points of view of the event.
The New Republic: 1760-1840s (Hispanic America)
Provides comprehensive information on the history of the Spanish exploring the United States from the American Revolution to the Mexican Revolution.
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla: Father of Mexican Independence
Relates the life story of the Catholic priest who became an activist in working to free Mexico from Spanish rule.
Simon Bolivar (Hispanic Heritage)
Illustrates the exciting story of the military genius and political seer who led much of Central and South America in their successful fight for freedom from Spain.
Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer
In a poor village in northern China, a small boy named Li Cunxin was given the chance of a lifetime. Selected by Chairman Mao’s officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li’s new life began as he left his family behind.
At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li’s hard work was rewarded when he was chosen yet again, this time to travel to America.
From there his career took flight, and he danced in cities around the world—never forgetting his family, who urged him to follow his dreams.
Open The Door To Liberty
The story of revolution leader Toussaint L’Ouverture of St. Domingue (now Haiti).The island now known as Haiti was once a French colony called St. Domingue, where white plantation owners forced hundreds of thousands of African slaves to farm sugar cane. Toussaint L’Ouverture was one of those slaves but not for long. The day would come when L’Ouverture would lead his island’s slaves into a revolution for freedom, and his efforts would influence the course of world history.
The Fetch
Calder is a Fetch, a death escort, the first of his kind to step from HeavenAfter 350 years as a Fetch, or death escort, Calder breaks his vows and enters the body of Rasputin, whose spirit causes rebellion in the Land of Lost Souls while Calder struggles to convey Ana and Alexis, orphaned in the Russian Revolution, to Heaven.
Voices Of Silence, The
A story about the end of communist rule in Romania and the beginning of the revolution for freedom is seen through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Flora Popescu.