Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

This is the extended second edition of the book. Some of the reviews refer to the first edition, which was published 3 years ago.

A young man full of hope and aspirations who travels to a new world.

A technology whiz kid who becomes a Silicon Valley executive by age 33.

An old world romantic confused by the definition of love in the brave new world.

A true story so imaginative and incredible that no fiction writer could have thought of it.

It begins as a story of ambitions, aspirations and young love at the University of California in 1987. It unfolds...

A beautiful university campus in California.

A young girl who needs help writing computer programs for her class.

A foreign born who has traveled thousand of miles at the young age of 21 to design computers which can imagine.

An old world romantic confused by the new definition of love in the brave new world.

A true story which is better than any fiction.

It begins as a story of an ambitious young man traveling to a land far away from his home to fulfill his ambitions. It unfolds in the fast moving technology world of Silicon Valley.

From there we hop to San...

Portia White, born in 1911, had a dream: to sing on stage. Even as a little girl in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she could imagine an audience before her, clapping as she took her bow. But how could a poor girl growing up in a family with ten siblings make that dream come true? At that time, there were few opera roles available for black singers. To become a recital singer, she would have to go to Europe to study. How could she ever afford that? But Portia was not only a talented contralto, she was determined. With the support of her family and community, she eventually climbed onto stages across...

A young man full of hope and aspirations who travels to a new world.

A technology whiz kid who comes to United States from Asia to study Computer Science and aspires to become a Silicon Valley Technologist.

An old world romantic confused by the definition of love in the brave new world.

A true story so imaginative and incredible that no fiction writer could have thought of it.

It begins as a story of ambitions, aspirations and young love at the University of California in 1987. It unfolds in the fast moving world of Hi-Tech industry in Silicon Valley, San...

When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always...

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped more than three hundred slaves escape the South on the Underground Railroad. Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The lives these women led are part of an incredible story about courage in the face of oppression; about the challenges and triumphs of the battle for civil rights; and about speaking out for what you believe in--even when it feels like no one is listening. Andrea Davis Pinkney's moving text and Stephen...

These true stories from every part of America tell what it was like growing up in world where the color of people's skin set them apart.

How do you feel when a teacher doesn't believe that you wrote the story he thinks is great?

How can you make friends and belong in a black...