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Saved Twice (Paperback)
Donald James Parker, Andy Peterson
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R355
Discovery Miles 3 550
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Andy Peterson miraculously survived a terrifying mountain lion
attack at Roxborough State Park on April 30, 1998. After surviving
the incredible attack, Andy received several dozen stitches to his
face, neck, chest, stomach, shoulders and legs. Andy set a record
at Swedish Hospital in Englewood, Colorado by requiring 70 staples
to close his head wounds. This book, filled with details before,
during, and after his incredible mountain lion attack, will fully
captivate and touch your heart. From Andy as a young, lost boy, to
a man whose life was drastically changed that fateful day. Saved
Twice is Andy's testimony filled with a message of excitement and
inspiration. A captivating story you have to read
A woman hiking the shoreline of Lake Superior fears she's having a
heart attack and gives an exquisite necklace to a good Samaritan
who comes to her aid. "Don't tell a soul," she warns, "except Molly
Berg." When the woman is brutally murdered, the young female hiker
becomes a target for death and must run for her life. Why would
someone kill a loving grandmother on a beautiful summer day? How
does that crime connect to the New Year's Day disappearance of the
woman who designed the necklace? What about the designer's husband
who vanished the same day? And how does it all link to a 1984
murder in Minnesota's Scott County? When Laura Kjelstad begins
connecting the dots of the crimes, she becomes the next target. The
necklace leads her to Sedona, Arizona, where she uncovers dark
secrets and corruption on a global level. Only a handful of people
know that she's gone to Arizona, but a friend who accompanied her
is kidnapped in Prescott and is terrorized on a harrowing trip down
the mountain to Camp Verde. Someone knows the answers and has
turned his sights on Laura. A young widow, Laura is the first woman
mayor of a small town in northern Minnesota. In the midst of a
blistering reelection campaign, her opponents deal in hostility,
misinformation, and outright lies. Her rival calls out the Internet
trolls to defeat her, but Laura leaned from her Norwegian
grandparents how to deal with trolls. Peterson deftly handles both
pacing and plotting and ties the subplots together superbly. The
reader is rewarded with a genuine understanding of the strongly
drawn characters and gains insights into the real life of small
town politics in all its decency and ugliness. The book is balanced
with a bit of romance and gentle humor that enriches the novel.
Four-hundred-twenty-five books are reviewed in this superb
collection. A Second Look, Native Americans in Children's Books
gives a thorough examination of the books as a guide for parents,
teachers, librarians, and administrators interested in books for
children. Anyone involved in selecting books will find this guide
useful in working through the maze of available materials. Andie
Peterson, one of the few women to be awarded an Eagle Feather, has
provided a meaningful criteria to help in judging books. She
outlines ways for objectively studying books to draw conclusions as
to the suitability for the reader. She writes candidly about books
filled with stereotypes, hurtful images, and damaging text and
illustrations. She writes eloquent, glowing reviews of the books
that "are real treasures." She writes: "On a daily basis, children
must face the hidden curriculum that lets them know where they fit
in, whether they can achieve their goals, whether they even dare to
dream. An overwhelming part of that hidden curriculum begins with
books that are more narrative and illustrations; they are books
that carry a message of politics and values." Andie advises that in
selecting Native American books, the non-Native child must be
considered, also. She counsels that hurtful books "set in motion
attitudes of prejudice that persist for years." She states that she
has reviewed books with older copyrights because they are still on
the shelves in libraries and available via the Internet. She says
reading the older books helps "to understand how adults have formed
ideas about Native people." She says: "After all, if it's in a book
in the library, people believe it to be true. It's time to disturb
the peace and end the ritual of damage." A Second Look, Native
Americans in Children's Books By Andie Peterson
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