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Summary: Angel of the Garbage Dump Hanley Denning pulled thousands of children out of the desperate Guatemala City garbage dump and gave them a Safe Passage.Maine-native Hanley Denning saw poverty and desperation in its ugliest form, and refused to turn a blind eye. A former track star at Bowdoin College, Denning was struck by what she saw at the Guatemalan City dump: garbage pickers competing with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 0000
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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 921 DENNING, HANLEY WHEWheeler, Jacob
Summary: Tells the story of Ellie, abandoned at age seven and adopted by a Michigan family, who returns to Guatemala to be reuinted with her birth family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.734 WHESummary: A feature-length documentary about the daily struggles and joys of Palestinian olive farmers. When a group of American ultra-marathoners sets out to run 129 miles in 5 days across the West Bank they discover that in replanting uprooted olive trees they are planting hope and building cultural bridges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Hut Studios 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PEOSager Weinstein, Jacob
Summary: Author Jacob Sager Weinstein and New York Times bestselling illustrator Eliza Wheeler deliver a stunning picture book about a young Jewish girl fleeing Nazi occupation with her parents. Drawing on the childhood experiences of the author’s mother, this story of family, immigration, and identity shows the boundless power of love. Vienna, Austria, is the only home Rosa knows. While her parents...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024