Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Stories

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Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

What's more exciting than a prison break? Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 and have never been caught. Many authorities are certain they died crossing San Francisco Bay. Relatives claim they made it to Brazil....

Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

Tells the stories--in their own words--of several of the thousands of Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940 and brought to new homes in the United Kingdom. Memoir pieces, poems, photographs, and other primary sources bring...

Trapped Behind Nazi Lines

Trapped Behind Nazi Lines

In the midst of World War II, a group of Army Air Force medical workers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines after surviving a plane crash. What followed were two months of sheer terror. Vivid details bring to light how they survived and the...