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Marie Sontag enjoys bringing the past to life, one adventure at a time. Her fifteen years of teaching middle school and high school have given her insight into what students find entertaining, and her B.A. in social science and M.A. and Ph.D. in education provide her with a solid background for writing middle grade and young adult historical fiction.
Born in Wisconsin, she spent most of her life in California, but now lives with her husband in Texas. When not writing, she enjoys romping with her grandkids, playing clarinet and saxophone in a community band, and nibbling red licorice or Tootsie Pops while devouring a good book.

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A November 11 Celebration

What country disappeared from world maps for 123 years?

Last week, while we celebrated Veterans’ Day on November 11, the Polish people celebrated their Independence Day. They first commemorated November 11 in 1918, after having existed as a nation since 966, and after 123 years of having their country erased from world maps. They lost their sovereignty again during and after WWII, first to the Naz

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	Underground Scouts (WWII Rising Hope Series Book 1) 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bronze Dagger 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Bronze Dagger 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Love Is Not Perfect: Discovering Gods Reparenting Process 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“We fail in the work of grace and love when there is too much of us and not enough of God.”
― Suzanne Woods Fisher, The Search

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“Eighty-five percent of spirituality is a good night's sleep.”
― Howard Hendricks

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“The mark of spiritual maturity is not how much you understand, but how much you use. In the spiritual realm, the opposite of ignorance is not knowledge but obedience.”
― Howard G. Hendricks, Living By the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible

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“planted seeds—and you’re still reaping the harvest from them. Don’t ever get so hung up on a specific lesson that you forget this fact: Good teaching—and”
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“One of the great killers in Bible study is the statement, “I already know that.”
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