| From a Teenager to a Man , by John Wilkerson,
is the story of a young man's challenges in leaving the streets
and becoming a father, and his aspirations to be a writer.
I Gave My Soul , by Sue Muccular, is a collection
of poems and illustrations portraying a mother's love, the
responsibilities of parenting in today's world, and courage.
God's Child , by Tiana, is a moving account
of a 32-yr-old woman who has kept her reading problem a secret.
Currently a businesswoman, student, and mother, Tiana's story
is an example of determination.
Cotton, Cotton, Cotton , by Ginger Gibson,
is a 64-year-old woman's recollections of her family's life
as sharecroppers in rural Mississippi in the 1930's.
| A Wartime Journey,
1942 , by Margaret Louise Cathey, is the saga of a
young woman leaving a small town in Iowa to become a welder
in the World War II Kaiser shipyards in Richmond, California.
Fisherman by Trade , by Dominic Ghio, is
a lively story about one family's lifetime occupation as fishermen
in San Francisco Bay.
A Singing Shipbuilder , by Lewis Van Hook,
now 85, is an account of leaving Arkansas farm life for work
in the Kaiser shipyards in Richmond, California, during World
Make a Dime, Save a Nickel , by Eddie Eaton,
is a detailed memory of a mother's advice to her son about
the importance of saving money. The setting is Houston, Texas,
in the 1930s.