Showing posts with label Unplanned Pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unplanned Pregnancy. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope

March 10th is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Ana's story is speaks directly to women, particularly the rising generation. Ana was born with HIV, an odd thing for a child to wrap their mind around. Jenna Bush Hager  (President Bush's daughter) retells Ana's narrative of growing up as an orphan in Latin America, sexual and physical abuse, teenage pregnancy, and the unforeseen hope which emerged as a result. Ana's Story brings home the AIDS pandemic while empowering readers with the courage to live positively regardless of the circumstances. 

Thursday, February 17, 2011

The Road To Mephis




It's 1941 and prejudice is alive in well in Mississippi. The racial tension has not changed, but the Logan children have grown into men and women. This final novel in Roll of Thunder trilogy is a thrilling man-against-society narrative. Cassie is nearly grown up, and finishing school. Stacey is a working man with his own car. When a lazy afternoon goes terribly wrong, Cassie and Stacey find themselves whisking away a dear friend on a whirlwind journey to Memphis, desperately attempting to save his life. The long journey only takes a matter of hours, but the travelers find themselves altered forever once they reach their destination. In this Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel, World War II, unplanned pregnancy, and substance abuse collide against to backdrop of deeply divided South.