... two separate wars over the past ten years. Sadly, many children like Taj were left Orphaned, Jal lived through a horrific ordeal. On his journey through countless miles of desert he saw the remains of adults and children that had become a casualty of war. Taj was asked to kill for ... became dangerously infected, her mother brought her to the Takeo hospital, where doctors removed her infected eye, leaving her disfigured and self-conscious. AFESIP brought Long into its care in 2005. This is the story of how Somaly saved a young girl. Sreypov Chan is a young Cambodian woman who has experie...

• Word Count: 5222
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... gathering of memories, a literary attempt to make sense of the past (Stavans "Daughters" 9)." It is in this way in which the reader is led on a journey through confusion, unrest, turmoil, uncertainty, and, finally, blissfully tainted childhood. Through the use of language, Julia Alvarez attempts to make a poignant statement. However, not ... appropriate to carefully analysis how her words portray her true self. "In English or Spanish? She wonders. That poet at Lucinda's party the night before argued that no matter how much of it one lost, in the midst of some profound emotion, one would...

• Word Count: 2799
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... grand tour of sorts that would take him from France to Poland, down through Russia into the Mediterranean, and finally back up through Berlin and Paris, before bringing him home. He had made an earlier journey in the summer of 1937, and had returned very impressed with the organization and efficiency ... . Promoted to lieutenant early in 1943, he was given command of a boat designated PT 109, and was the skipper of this boat on the night of August 2, 1943, when it was rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amigari. Two of JFK's crew were killed outright, while the others tried to ... the book...

• Word Count: 8348
• Approx Pages: 33
• Grade Level: High School