Ada Maria Smith, seorang anak perempuan berusia sepuluh tahun yang tinggal di tempat sempit dan kumuh di London. Dia tak diizinkan keluar oleh ibunya, tak diperbolehkan bicara dengan tetangganya, dan harus menerima hukuman dikurung di lemari lembap yang dikerubuti kecoak. Semua itu hanya karena ibunya malu memiliki anak berkaki pekuk. Namun saat itu adalah tahun 1939, Perang Dunia II mulai m…
So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands…
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Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thomas Jefferson's children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, and while they do get special treatment - better work, better shoes, even violin lessons - they are still slaves, and are never to mention who their father is. The lighter-skinned children have been promised a chance to escape into white society, but what does this mean for the children who…
Exceptional Music Pedagogy for Children with Exceptionalities offers readers in music education, music therapy, and music in special education communities a new, important, and globally-informed resource for effective music pedagogies. Volume editors Deborah VanderLinde Blair and Kimberly McCord have assembled here a diverse and international set of teachers and researchers. Each working outwar…