2017

Quaker Book Reviews

Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds

By Jorge Argueta, illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. Groundwood Books, 2016. 36 pages. $18.95/hardcover; $16.95/PDF. Recommended for ages 7–12. A book…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Ken Jacobsen

Quaker Book Reviews

Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story

By Nora Raleigh Baskin. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016. 208 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $7.99/paperback (released May 16, 2017); $10.99/eBook. Recommended…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Lucinda Hathaway

Quaker Book Reviews

Runs with Courage

By Joan M. Wolf. Sleeping Bear Press, 2016. 214 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/paperback or eBook. Recommended for ages 9–12. The history…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Phila Hoopes

Quaker Book Reviews

Unbound: A Novel in Verse

By Ann E. Burg. Scholastic Press, 2016. 345 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 9–12. If you’re looking for a…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Judith Favor

Robert Latta Barrus

Barrus—Robert Latta Barrus, 98, on October 19, 2016, at home in Celo, N.C., peacefully, holding his wife’s hand. Bob was… Staff

Jack Irving Matthews

Matthews—Jack Irving Matthews, 90, on October 3, 2015. Jack was born on July 2, 1925, in a Baltimore County, Md.,… Staff

Patricia Ann Pugh Reifsnyder

Reifsnyder—Patricia Ann Pugh Reifsnyder, 87, peacefully, with her family, on September 24, 2016, at Gwynedd House, Foulkeways in Gwynedd, Pa.… Staff

Elwood A. Way

Way—Elwood A. Way, 98, peacefully, on December 31, 2016, in Foxdale Village in State College, Pa. Ellwood was born on… Staff
Online Features

Remembering a Workcamp in Tennessee

A Friend recounts an AFSC workcamp in 1949. George H. Kurz

AFSC’s Centennial: April full issue access

Members can download full PDF or read any article online. Staff

Among Friends: Happy Birthday, AFSC

Our introduction to the issue celebrating 100 years of the American Friends Service Committee. Martin Kelley

Forum April 2017

Letters from our readers: upcoming issue announcement, a full year of Trump?!?, teaching peace, Friend without a meeting, kudos to… Staff
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