Susan Kuklin

Documents the stories of five refugees resettled in Nebraska, including a translator from Afghanistan and a Yazidi woman from Iraq, and others from Myanmar, South Sudan, and Burundi, detailing why they had to leave their homelands, their struggles to reach the United States, and their new lives in America.

Children from diverse families share thoughts about their families and photographs.

Imagine having everything taken away from you-permanently-with no hope of resuming a normal life. This is the case for many teenagers in America who are tried and convicted as adults for the crime of murder. Here Susan Kuklin takes you behind bars for frank interviews with a collection of young men who will spend the better part of their lives in jail. She lets them speak for themselves, providing the raw details of their incarceration and the anger,...

An account of the former Pakistani child labor activist whose life and unexplained murder has brought to the attention of the world the evil of child bondage.

A young girl describes what she does in her gymnastics class. Includes information on choosing a gymnastics class.

Four-year-old Thomas describes his trip to the doctor for a physical checkup.

A little girl describes, in text and illustrations, what she does in her ballet class. Includes information on how to choose a ballet class for young children.

Photographs and a poem bring readers on center stage with the ballerinas from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.