Ida's Witness: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl, Hardcover

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(Illustrated biography, immigrants) Young Ida lives in 1880s Sweden with her family. When she contracts scarlet fever, she almost loses her sight. After another brush with death, Ida learns that there is more than this life, disease has an end, and small miracles happen every day. With new faith Ida leaves her mother and brother and sails with her sister to America for a better life. But she knows no English. How will she share what she's learned in a strange country?

The prequel to Anna's Prayer, Ida's Witness is another delightful story of faith and courage for all ages and cultures (6 yrs. & up). 2,000 words by award-winning author Karl Beckstrand (The Bridge of the Golden Wood), 35-page, 8.5"x8.5" soft cover or hard cover hybrid picture book (also an ebook) about immigration, religious persecution, and family history (nonfiction, 34 illustrations, Young American Immigrants series #1, worldwide rights (c) Nov. 2018 Premio Publishing) PremioBooks, Baker & Taylor, B&N/Nook, Brodart, EBSCO, Follett, Gardners, iBooks, Ingram, Kindle/Amazon, Library Direct, Mackin, Target, Walmart online. JNF007120, JNF053240, JNF025200, JNF038060, JNF007080, JNF057000, LCCN: 2016962276, eISBN: 9780463292839, hard ISBN 9780985398859, soft ISBN 9781503247147