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PERSEVERINGlisa ng Journey to Freedom 128armand preci Curiosity 130diomaris sierra A Time I Was Frightened 132maria rivera Finding Safety 134oscar hernandez Surviving the Blackout 136daniel “dilo” cintron I Said I Wouldn’t... 138margarita shneerson Paddling and Life 140cynthia soto Miguel, I Want to Thank You 141réginald louis-jacques Thirty-Five Seconds That Changed My Life 142Persevering127Author
lisa ngJourney to Freedomlisa ng Persevering128In 1973, Lisa Ng became one of millions of urban students in China ordered by Mao Zedongto work as farm laborers. This excerpt from her memoir of that time focuses on her escapefrom a miserable existence. She and her young friends, Ming and Tom, first walked overland,moving only at night, for seven days.on the evening of the seventh day, we were on a mountaintop looking at thesouthern sky. Amazed, we saw an enormous radiance over the horizon—that glow had to be from the island of Hong Kong! Behind us lay the darkenedmainland. On the 10th night, we arrived at the shore of the Shenzhen River. Westood on the edge of a cliff looking out over the endless inky-black water. Again,we saw the huge brightness in the sky; from now on, that radiance would be theonly compass we needed. However, for the moment, we were stranded above theriver; it was too risky to jump.The cliff was our last barrier. If we could get to the water quickly, we wouldhave a fighting chance to reach Hong Kong before sunrise. We tied all our clothestogether to make a line just long enough to reach the Shenzhen River 35 feet below.Tom held onto the line so that Ming and I could climb down safely. But with no oneto hold the line for him, Tom had no choice but to leap after us.When he hit the ground, Tom cried out in pain. His back was injured,and he could barely move. Tom told us to go on without him. He knew he couldnot swim. But of course Ming and I would never abandon him. We lifted Tom upfrom under his arms and dragged him to the river. We took turns blowing into thenozzle of the inner tube to make a life raft for Tom; then we inflated the last twoplastic bags.As luck would have it, the current was in our favor, which made it a littleeasier to swim away. Stroke by stroke, Ming and I pulled and pushed Tom forwardon his inner tube. I tried not to think about the dark, shark-infested waters allaround us; instead, I focused on the coastline out there somewhere. We lost trackof time; a couple of hours must have passed. It seemed as if we were just treading
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CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONgallatin alumna
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amanda rodriguez An Angel Without W
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khady gueye The Best Job I Have Eve
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IntroductionNext year, for the 10th
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Abbey Fenbert was a student-teacher
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thrilling and incredibly humbling.
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LIVING INNEW YORK CITYkee fong liu
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Josephine LamLifesaverlate one nigh
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elationship to the black slaves who
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Colin TriumphDo I Fit the Profile?W
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Elena TarneaA MemorableWork Experie
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neela arnoldyGettingLostears ago, I
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YanMing WuNew York in My Eyesnew Yo
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New York City was torn apart.Our sp
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Rose CovingtonRebirthon the first o
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Living in NYC35Author
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yacouba yeo The Hunt 38stacy (xiulu
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odies of animals. The last animal w
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Ambiorix E. BaretA Passion for the
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elif yigitMy Great-Grandpawhen I we
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Geysha Prescott Hassan#50409in Pana
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Qian (Michelle) YangSecret Pathsigr
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Vasyl BarabashBorn in Ukrainethe vi
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Cecilia RichettiI Am an IslanderI a
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sky and said that to my grandma. Fo
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Amanda RodriguezAn Angel Without Wi
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Khazanah AwadMy Mom WhenShe Was a L
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TELLING TALESTelling Tales59Authorn
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modou sambFalse Teethhis name is Ha
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Olga TseytlinahHeWas a Stone Mane w
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Lina Wu De ChecoThe Ugly Pencilone
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Sybil SCOTTYes, My Pen Can DanceWhe
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would not meet again. But they met.
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Efim KrishtalHaikuCloud in the sky,
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point. “We will find out who did
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Being Together75Author
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