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Aug 18, 1934 — —· 91 yrs

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Sonia Levitin

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Sonia Levitin is a German American novelist, artist, producer, Holocaust Survivor, and author of over forty novels and picture books for young adults and children, as well as several theatrical plays and published essays on various topics for adults. Her book Incident at Loring Groves (1988) won an Edgar Allan Poe Award. Levitin began her career as a publicity columnist for several newspapers, but after her first novel Journey to America became an instant classic, she began to pick up traction as a professional novelist. Levitin wrote numerous novels for young adults that oftentimes featured semi-autobiographical characters. The most common theme of her writing include courageous main characters faced with difficult challenges, who must "take charge" in order to overcome these obstacles. Source: wikipedia

TWENTY-EIGHT MINUTES after Air Force One Leaves Dallas for Washington, the new President makes his first telephone call after the swearing-in to the mother of his murdered predecessor.

— from Taking Charge

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#1

Escape from Egypt

1994

2.5 (2)

When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat.

#2

Dream freedom

2000

0.0 (0)

Marcus and his classmates learn about the terrible problem of slavery in present-day Sudan and raise money to help buy the freedom of some of the slaves. Alternate chapters tell the stories of the slaves.

#3

Nine for California

1996

5.0 (1)

Amanda travels by stagecoach with her four siblings and her mother from Missouri to California to join her father.

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