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Esai Reed, at only 6 years old, has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and ...

Children get all kinds of books from their parents while growing up. But a book mine gave me when I was around 10 years old would have a significant impact on my life — even if I didn’t realize it at ...