Inspired by a true story of parentless teenagers whose tenacity on the gridiron raised spirits in the late 1930s. The team’s coach, “knew that football would inevitably bring self-respect to these boys.” And it does! It follows the story [...]
ROUGH SLEEPERS: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People, by Tracy Kidder. Random House, New York. 2023. Hardback, 298 pages. $30.00. Tracy Kidder has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the Robert [...]
The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances by Kevin Fagan. One Signal Publishers, 2025, 251 pages. $28.99 at Barnes and Noble. Kevin Fagan is a longtime award-winning reporter, having spent over [...]
“Lion” movie This adaptation of the true story of Saroo Brierley – lost as a child in Khandwa, India, and eventually adopted by an Australian couple. In 1986, five-year-old Saroo and his brother Guddu steal coal from freight trains [...]
Garbage Bag Girl, by Celeste L. Edmunds and Richard Paul Evans, Ascendt Publishing 2023, 135 pages. Paperback, $14.95 At age 7, Celeste Edmunds entered the state’s foster care system. She spent the next nine years moving from family to [...]
A Voice Out of Poverty: the Power to Achieve Through Adversity by Jillian Haslam. Top Reads Publishing, LLC, Vista, California. 2022. 223 pages, paperback. $25.53 from Amazon, $8.99 from Barnes and Noble. This is one of the most moving [...]
A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust, by Albert Marrin. Alfred A. Knopf, publisher. New York. 388 pages. Hardback, $19.99 Janusz Korczak’s dedication to orphaned children during World War II serves as a reminder [...]
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot (also simply known as Possum Trot) is a 2024 American drama film directed by Joshua Weigel, and co-written by Rebekah Weigel. Actress and activist Letitia Wright serves as executive producer. The [...]
One Life by Barbara Winton. Pegasus Books, Ltd. 2024. 282 pages Hardback $14.95 Barbara Winton is the daughter of Nicholas and Grete Winton. She is devoted to carrying on her father’s legacy. She does this with the writing of [...]
Boys In the Boat by Daniel James Brown. Viking publishers. Hardback 221 pages. $20.99. Daniel James Brown is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Boys in the Boat. He has two previous nonfiction books, The Indifferent [...]