personal narratives

"Dimitri Bontinck lived every parent's worst nightmare. His teenage son, introduced to Islam by his girlfriend, fell into the clutches of a radical mosque. Dimitri watched helplessly as his son, Jay, transformed from a gentle boy to a soldier in training, wearing traditional robes and following a strict diet. Completely brainwashed, Jay snuck out of the house and traveled to Syria, all but vanishing. Too late, Dimitri learned that their country, Belgium, was the leading hotbed of Islamic radicalization"--Jacket flap.

Seeking inspiration for a new font design in an antique store in small-town Stillwater, Minnesota, the author, a graphic designer, was drawn to beautiful handwriting in some old letters. They were in French and had been signed by a man named Marcel and posted from Berlin to France during World War II. Her curiosity aroused, she began to trace Marcel's life and to try and find out the answer to his fate. In the meantime she immortalized Marcel's handwriting as the acclaimed P22 Marcel Script font.

Based on a series of interviews, the author relates the slave narrative of Cudjo Lewis.

A collection of personal narrative about World War II, as told to children from around the world.

"[Presents the] narrative of [Morris Brown Jr.,] a young Civil War soldier, as told though his letters from the battlefield"--Provided by publisher.

"[Presents, in graphic novel format, the memoirs of] Ryan Higa, one of the top creators on YouTube ... This is the story of how ... [he] went from being a relatively happy kid to being depressed and angry and filled with dark thoughts ... [thinking that he] had only one way out of this cruel world. This is the story of how ... [he] found a better way"--Provided by publisher.

"A collection of spoken narratives by male-to-female transgendered people and mahu who live on the island of O'ahu. The ... stories in this book not only reveal the experiences of those who cross the boundaries of sex and gender, but also illuminate what it means to do so in the unique cultural context of Hawai'i."--Back cover.

Ryan Troutman presents his story of living with a traumatic brain injury following a horrific car accident at the age of sixteen.

Relates the firsthand stories of people who lived through the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.