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Young Writers of the past: The Young Visiters [sic], or Mr. Salteena’s Plan (1919) by Daisy Ashford, age 8-9

Post Published September 28, 2018 by Stone Soup Editors

The Young Visiters sold 300,000 copies in 1919! And that was just in Britain! The introduction to The Young Visiters was written by J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan.
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A brief history of the Vietnam War

Post Published November 3, 2016 by William Rubel

A Brief History of the Vietnam War Note: This is background history for people reading the story My Country and the Way to America written by a child who escaped Vietnam on a boat and was finally set...
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Some Thoughts on Historical Fiction

Post Published January 4, 2016 by Gerry Mandel

We know from the letters we receive from prospective book reviewers that many of our readers enjoy historical fiction. That’s one reason we’re always on the lookout for good historical fiction to ...
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History Comes Alive

Post Published September 10, 2013 by Gerry Mandel

Many Stone Soup readers tell us that historical fiction is their favorite genre. We think we know why. Realistic characters, whose feelings and concerns are similar to our own, can bring the events of...
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Equal Rights for Girls!

Post Published March 14, 2013 by Gerry Mandel

A girl growing up today can join a baseball team if she wants to. In the past, things were different. "Katie's League," the featured story from the March/April issue of Stone Soup, chronicles the stru...
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Struggle for Independence

Post Published September 1, 1994 by Jane Levi

Originally published in Stone Soup Magazine, September/October 1994 Special thanks to Sheila Crane, who taught in Emil's school in Rundu, for sending us his work.
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Divided Island

Post Published March 1, 1993 by Jane Levi

First published on the cover of Stone Soup Magazine, March/April 1993 "Divided Island," by Sofia Kakoulli, age 11, of Cyprus, is part of the Children's Art Foundation's permanent collection.
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We Are Looking for Freedom

Post Published March 1, 1986 by Jane Levi

I live in Vietnam. I went to school in Saigon. I has one cat. I has four brother, no sister. My mother selling in her own store. My father was working for C.I.A. before 1975.
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My Story

Post Published November 1, 1985 by Jane Levi

I was born on October 31, 1972 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I was very young when my country was in trouble in 1975. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge (the Communist leaders) came into town.
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The Escape

Post Published May 1, 1985 by Jane Levi

I have been through an experience that I will never forget. When I was about six years old, my family and I escaped looking for freedom in America, because the Viet Cong took over my country.
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