Jeanne Strazzabosco

Summary:
The book is a biography of Gloria Estefan. It tells about her journey form Cuba to Miami, her living conditions there, how she worked hard to make through college on scholarships. It also tells about how she started her singing career and some of the stuff she did when she was famous. The book focuses on her determination to succeed against all odds, it specifically cites an accident she had to work really hard to recover from.

Review:

I gave this book a full on 5 stars because I really think this a quality informational book. The book actually had a lot of good information about Gloria. the book also gave good in formation about the background history that affected her life, for example giving background information about the politics in Cuba. The author told enough about that to add to Gloria's life experience but did not make the book about cuba like some other authors. Something I really liked about this book was the text features. There are many for example there is a glossary for all of the big words in the book. For many of the words there is a pronunciation guide in parenthesis right next to them. The pictures accompanying each paragraph where very authentic.… (altro)

Strazzabosco, Jeanne.Learning about forgiveness from the life of Nelson Mandela. New York: PowerKids Press, 1996. This is an interesting account of the life of Nelson Mandela and the hardships he went through. He was put in prison for 25 years and ws finally released. He then became the first black president of South Africa. The author tells kids about how he forgave and asked his people to forgive those who discriminated against them. This lead to peaceful change in South Africa. This a good book for character building skills. The text is best for Age Group: 8-12 years.… (altro)