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Adem's Cross

We have used the book Adem's Cross as part of the ASK program for three years. We have had several specialist for this book. The first year we used a Peace Corps worker and an U.S. Army translator. For the past two years, we have had Ardian Vukpalaj as our specialist (See Below).

The Book - Adem's Cross

Review from a reader: "Believe me,this book is so beautifully written.As a Kosovar I've found it amazing how Alice could make such a great story which in fact most of it or perhaps all of it is true because these sort of things happened very often in Kosova. I would highly recommend this book to all of you - no matter what age you are...Well done Alice and Keep Writing as your books will always have a spare place on my library...The best of luck"

 

The Specialist:

Ardian Vukpalaj was born in the town of Pec in Kosovo where he lived for a short time with his older brother and two sisters. He then moved to Pristina where he and his family lived for over twenty years.

About three years ago, on April 2nd during the civil war, he left his country for the United States. Ardian is a Christian Albanian who is currently working for the Lutheran Social Services as a Resettlement Specialist.

The Students:

Students from Mount Clemens Junior Academy interviewing the specialist about Adem's Cross are shown below.Students from grades 6 - 9 throughout the county have read Adem's Cross and participated in the interviews.

Ardian Vukpalaj

Web Sites Related to Adem's Cross
You should review the web sites before you use them with your students.

For additional information contact Jim Wenzloff, jwenzloff@misd.net
Monday, May 26, 2003