When Luba finds children 54 abandoned children in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, she decides to rescue them. She brings them back to her barrack to care for them. She convinces the women in her barrack to take the risk to care for and save these children. She manages to find extra food for the children and medicine when needed. This is an amazing true story of a lesser-known heroine of the Holocaust.
Cece Bell’s graphic novel/autobiography tells of her experience of learning to function in the hearing world after meningitis leaves her hearing impaired. She shares her challenges and disappointments as well as her victories. Cece creates an alter ego “El Deafo.” El Deafo is a superhero, and as El Deafo Cece imagines herself conquering some of the obstacles that are presented to her. El Deafo is humorous and inspiring.
“Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.” Malala Yousafzai’s autobiography is inspirational. This young lady values education. In Taliban occupied Pakistan, girls were forbidden to receive an education. Malala and her family continued to educate girls off and on at her father’s school under the oppressive occupation by the Taliban. Malala gave her voice to their cause through her anonymous blog. Yet one day, as she was returning from school, a member of the Taliban boarded her bus demanding to know, “Who is Malala?” Upon discovering which young lady on the bus was Malala, he shot her and several others. He shot Malala in the face. Miraculously, Malala survived. She faced several operations and many months of recovery, but now she continues to write and speak on behalf of education for all.