Twelve-year-old Ada lives with her mother in a tiny town on the picturesque banks of the Oka. Life unobtrusively but clearly teaches her its lessons,...
Karlygash (translated from Kazakh as "swallow") lives with her husband Ilyas and father-in-law on a horse farm, lost in the Kazakh steppe. Karlygash...
Claressa Shields, a high school junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield, pushes past all limitations to become...