When the Slave Esperança Garcia Wrote a Letter
"Hees' richly hued illustrations show Afro-Brazilian influences in stylized background settings made of patterned bands and very dark-skinned figures with strong, composed features." — Kirkus Reviews
Off to War
Kirkus Reviews:With 13,500 Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan and one million American military personnel in Iraq, millions of children on the home front and in the war zones have been affected. As Ellis says, "In any war, it is always the children who are the biggest losers-children whose voices are rarely heard." In an oral history […]