Encounter
When Religions Become Classmates - From Oregon to India and Back
Published on 8. October 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
366 pages
978-1-7374777-0-9 (ISBN)
Description
Annie had no plan to go to India. The essay contest was just a class assignment. But because her heart was breaking over what she had done, she wrote, she won, and she went ...
Annie falls hard for the new boy at school - a Sikh her parents forbid her to date - raising questions Annie has never faced. Then when a friend dies through events Annie set in motion, she cries out for answers. Escaping from her guilt and regret, Annie accepts a scholarship to study at an international boarding school in India. There she encounters a world she never knew existed. Though she longs for answers, India gives her much more than answers ever could - the courage to question.
Come walk (and run and climb) with Annie, Aziz, Ketsa, Vidhya, Danny, Param, and others from Oregon and India, where religions become classmates, and the world changes.
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Language
English
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 13 to 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
516 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7374777-0-9 (9781737477709)
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Author Kathy Beckwith has worked in mediation and conflict resolution for 35 years. She uses her little skit called "One Orange Orange" in many of her trainings. That skit has inspired two generations of problem-solvers, and its wisdom and surprise is now re-created in DIDDLYSQUAT. Kathy has trained youth and adult mediators in Oregon and in India. Learn more about her other books, training manuals, and school and community workshops by visiting Kathy's website - www.kathybeckwith.com.
Illustrator JoAnn Sims is an educator and peace activist. She enjoys traveling the world. She assisted the country of South Africa in developing a national curriculum that embodies participatory democracy. Her interest in peace includes being director of World Friendship Center, a Japanese peace organization, and building bridges of peace through her painting series, "Under the Same Sky." JoAnn is a prolific landscape artist. This is her first opportunity to illustrate a children's book.