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"Inspired by real events and a real-life "cookie war." Life in her traditional Mennonite community is peaceful if a little dull for twelve-year-old Beth, who dreams of being an artist. One day excitement shows up in the form of a determined lawyer from New York who insists she needs a family cookie recipe to win a million-dollar lawsuit. Beth's parents are bemused, but her grandmother is determined that the recipe will not leave her kitchen. As Beth...
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Fictionalized account of the creation of a lead medallion made from bullets that was given to the Mennonite Central Committee in gratitude for the food and relief supplies sent to the villages of Chortitza and Rosental (in what is now Ukraine) after the Russian Revolution. Includes sidebars with some of Klassen's early sketches, as well as photos of his tools, the molds used to make the medallion and the actual medallion.
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