As a baby in her mother's womb, as a schoolgirl in Manilla, and as a reluctant immigrant to Chicago at age sixteen, Angel burns with a desire to be an activist, but learning truths about her mother and grandmother help her find peace.
In 1920s Chicago, night club sensation Velma Kelly and fame-hungry Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together--Velma for murdering her husband and sister after catching them in bed together, Roxie for murdering the man who tricked her into thinking he could make her famous--and compete for the same fame that will keep them from hanging.
Examines the life and accomplishments of Michelle Obama, the wife of Barack Obama and the first African-American woman to become the First Lady of the United States.
a true story of bravery, tragedy, and determination
Jones, Rebecca C
2019
The text follows the path of the December 1958 fire that killed 92 kids and 3 teachers at Chicago's Our Lady of the Angels School which resulted in changes to American fire laws.
"In October 1871 the Midwest was in the midst of one of the driest periods on record. A center of modern firefighting technology, all of Chicago's resources were put to the test by a fire that almost completely destroyed the city. Events unfold in chronological, interwoven stories from the different perspectives of people who experienced the event while it was happening"--Provided by publisher.
Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever.
