Spirit of Survival
#1557 of 3,809 books · #531 in Biography & Memoir
Won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (1987).
This is the compelling story of a girl who is more than a survivor. Her struggle from despair to victory demonstrates the power of the human spirit to prevail over life's accidents.
- Publisher
- Morrow
- ISBN-13
- 9785551234791
- Genre
- Topics
- SurvivalHuman resilienceOvercoming adversity
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(1987)
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